Surgical Pathology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2010 Apr;30(2):107-9.
Total thyroidectomy was performed in a 53-year-old male, with Graves-Basedow's disease. At surgery, the vagus nerve was found to be located medially to the carotid artery associated with a non-recurrent laryngeal nerve arising directly from the cervical vagus: this association has never been described in the literature. These results indicate that a medial location of the vagus nerve may be considered as a "pilot light" of the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve.
一位 53 岁男性因 Graves 病接受了甲状腺全切除术。术中发现迷走神经位于颈总动脉内侧，伴发直接发自颈迷走神经的非返性喉神经：这种关联在文献中从未描述过。这些结果表明迷走神经的内侧位置可被视为非返性喉神经的“信号灯”。
