Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop
We report an anatomic variation of the phrenic nerve. During a routine gross anatomical dissection course at our medical university, we found an unusual loop of the left phrenic nerve around the internal thoracic artery, about 1 cm from the take-off of the left subclavian artery. The phrenic nerve i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608600868 |