Abnormal Origin and Course of the Accessory Phrenic Nerve: Case Report

George Paraskevas, Konstantinos Koutsouflianiotis, Panagiotis Kitsoulis, Ioannis Spyridakis
2016 Acta Medica  
In the current cadaveric study an unusual sizeable accessory phrenic nerve (APN) was encountered emerging from the trunk of the supraclavicular nerves and forming a triangular loop that was anastomosing with the phrenic nerve. That neural loop surrounded the superficial cervical artery which displayed a spiral course. The form of a triangular loop of APN involving the aforementioned artery and originating from the supraclavicular nerve to the best of our knowledge has not been documented
more » ... sly in the literature. The variable morphological features of the APN along with its clinical applications are briefly discussed. CASE REPORT ACTA MEDICA (Hradec Králové) 2016; 59(2):70-71 http://dx.
doi:10.14712/18059694.2016.55 pmid:27526310 fatcat:3b7s2lb2bjfi5n77wb4ifrvzg4