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Spinal Accessory Nerve Duplication: A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesCase Reports in Otolaryngology, 2018
Aim of the present study is to expand our knowledge of the anatomy of the 11th cranial nerve and discuss the clinical importance and literature pertaining to accessory nerve duplication.
Eleni Papagianni   +5 more
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Phrenic nerve neurotization using the spinal accessory nerve for diaphragmatic palsy in extensive high spinal cord injury secondary to idiopathic acute transverse myelitis

open access: yesArchives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020
The authors present a case of functional improvement of diaphragmatic paralysis in extensive high spinal cord injury, performing a neurotization of the phrenic nerve with the spinal accessory nerve. A C2-C5 injury of the spinal cord was diagnosed in a 15
Antonio Heredia Gutierrez   +3 more
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Accessory Mental Nerve: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
The presence of an Accessory Mental Nerve (AMN) is rare. The mental foramen is an important landmark in the mandible for administration of local anaesthesia and mental nerve identification and its preservation is of paramount importance in various ...
Mamatha N.S.   +3 more
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A unique bilateral accessory forearm flexor muscle

open access: yesFolia Morphologica, 2023
Muscular and neurovascular variations in the upper extremity are of utmost clinical significance. Here we report a unique bilateral accessory muscle in the forearm and palm of an 89-year-old male cadaver. The accessory muscle presented two bellies on the
R. K. Fernandez   +4 more
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The Potential Roles of Cervical Plexus Abnormalities in Occipital Neuralgia: An Anatomic Variant Explored

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2022
Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a condition defined as a headache characterized by paroxysmal burning and stabbing pain located in the distribution of the greater occipital nerve (GON), lesser occipital nerve (LON), or third occipital nerves (TON).
Mitchell H. Mirande, Heather F. Smith
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Reversible Isolated Accessory Nerve Palsy due to a Large Thrombosed Vertebral Aneurysm

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology, 2013
Objective: Isolated accessory nerve palsy due to intracranial disorders is uncommon because intracranial accessory nerve injury usually occurs in case of a skull base tumor or trauma, resulting in one of multiple cranial nerve palsies.
Hisayasu Saito   +5 more
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A Very Rare Cause of Shoulder Weakness: Concurrent Traumatic Neuropathies of Accessory, Long Thoracicus, and Suprascapular Nerves

open access: yesArchives of Trauma Research, 2017
Accessory nerve is one of the most sensitive cranial nerves to injury, and its injuries are usually caused by iatrogenic interventions. As many other causes can mimic its clinical presentation, careful physical examination should be performed while ...
Halil Onder   +3 more
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An unusual case of a radical neck dissection without the development of a shoulder syndrome

open access: yesOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2022
Iatrogenic damage to the spinal accessory nerve is very common during surgical procedures in the neck region, especially during oncological surgery. An injury to this nerve can cause different deficiencies, from a poorly definable painful symptomatology ...
Giovanni Salzano   +6 more
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Atrophy of the Vagus Nerve in Parkinson's Disease Revealed by High-Resolution Ultrasonography

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2018
Background: The vagus nerve has been suggested to represent one major route of disease progression in Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we examined whether patients with idiopathic PD exhibit an atrophy of the vagus nerve in comparison to age-matched ...
Uwe Walter   +7 more
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XI cranial nerve cervical schwannoma – Case report

open access: yesBrazilian Neurosurgery, 2014
Cisternal spinal accessory schwannoma are still a rare condition without neurofibromatosis with only 32 cases reported so far. We describe a cisternal accessory schwannoma presented in a 36-year-old woman with posterior cervical pain and cervical ...
Roger Schmidt Brock   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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