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Chir Ital
; 59(6): 877-81, 2007.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18360996
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a male patient who needed surgery for a large undefined submandibular schwannoma and a small contralateral thyroid carcinoma associated with cervical lymph nodes of a dubious nature. During the operative procedure all the pathological conditions were resolved, with some remarkable surprises. A non-functioning parathyroid adenoma was found and removed. A fairly unusual anatomical complication was also detected with regard to the right inferior laryngeal nerve, i.e. an anastomotic branch connecting the main trunk to the vagus nerve.