Rüdisüli T
Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Surg Radiol Anat. 1995;17(1):85-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01629508.
A musculus levator claviculae, a variant of M. sternocleidomastoideus was identified on the left side of the neck of a 56-year-old man with multiple cervical lymph node metastases from a non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the epipharynx. Its course is shown on CT scans. The superficial part of the muscle in the regio colli lateralis was also seen on inspection of the neck and photographed. A description of this muscle variant and an estimation of its frequency from the literature is provided. This muscle variant is easily recognised as an isolated finding but may not be appreciated in patients with head and neck cancer and multiple enlarged lymph nodes if the muscle is not followed continuously in its course. Rarely this may have an impact on tumour staging or treatment assessment.
在一名56岁患有咽上非霍奇金淋巴瘤伴多发颈淋巴结转移的男性患者颈部左侧，发现了一块锁骨提肌，它是胸锁乳突肌的一种变异。其走行在CT扫描上显示。在检查颈部时也看到并拍摄了颈外侧区肌肉的浅表部分。提供了对该肌肉变异的描述以及根据文献对其出现频率的估计。这种肌肉变异作为一个孤立发现很容易识别，但在头颈部癌和多发肿大淋巴结患者中，如果不连续追踪该肌肉的走行，可能无法被察觉。这种情况很少会对肿瘤分期或治疗评估产生影响。
