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A Rare Anatomical Variation of the Lesser Occipital Nerve

The lesser occipital nerve (LON) is a cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus that arises from the second and sometimes the third spinal nerve and innervates the scalp. During routine dissection of the neck, the LON was observed to arise directly from the spinal accessory nerve. The aberrant nerve m...

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Autores principales: Chabot, A. Bert, Iwanaga, Joe, Dumont, Aaron S, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336417
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15901