An Unusual Variation of the Accessory Nerve

The accessory nerve is an important nerve in the head and neck regions. Some variants of this nerve’s anatomy have been reported. Herein, we present an unusual report and review the extant medical literature regarding other more commonly found derailments of this nerve’s anatomy.

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Autores principales: Alimi, Yusuf, Iwanaga, Joe, Loukas, Marios, Oskouian, Rod J, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30109167
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2774
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spelling pubmed-60846962018-08-14 An Unusual Variation of the Accessory Nerve Alimi, Yusuf Iwanaga, Joe Loukas, Marios Oskouian, Rod J Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Neurology The accessory nerve is an important nerve in the head and neck regions. Some variants of this nerve’s anatomy have been reported. Herein, we present an unusual report and review the extant medical literature regarding other more commonly found derailments of this nerve’s anatomy. Cureus 2018-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6084696/ /pubmed/30109167 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2774 Text en Copyright © 2018, Alimi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084696/
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