Albuck Aaron, Haikata Yuto, Watanabe Koichi, Tubbs R Shane, Iwanaga Joe
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Anat Cell Biol. 2022 Sep 30;55(3):380-383. doi: 10.5115/acb.22.016. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
While the route, location, and pathology of the lingual nerve has been detailed extensively in reports in the literature, its terminal branch to the sublingual gland is often overlooked. It is known, via both gross and histological observation, that the sublingual glandular branch terminates at the posterior aspect of the sublingual gland. Upon routine cadaveric dissection of a male cadaver, one of the lingual nerve branches was found to terminate at the anteroinferior portion of a herniated sublingual gland. This specific course has not previously been discussed or reported via gross or histological observation. Therefore, a timely review of the lingual nerve's terminal sublingual glandular branch's anatomy and clinical significance pertaining to this case is warranted. Surgeons who treat patients with submental masses should be aware of the anatomy of this nerve and the potential variance described here in order to avoid postprocedural complications.
虽然舌神经的走行、位置及病理在文献报道中已有详尽阐述，但其至舌下腺的终末支常被忽视。通过大体及组织学观察可知，舌下腺支在舌下腺后方终止。在对一具男性尸体进行常规尸体解剖时，发现一条舌神经分支在疝出的舌下腺的前下部终止。此前尚未通过大体或组织学观察讨论或报道过这一特殊走行。因此，有必要及时回顾舌神经终末舌下腺支的解剖结构及其与该病例相关的临床意义。治疗颏下肿物患者的外科医生应了解该神经的解剖结构及此处描述的潜在变异，以避免术后并发症。
