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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1722-1723
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Esophageal carcinoma with nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve

Tomoyuki Shimada, MDa, Hideo Terashima, MDa, Takuya Shimizu, MDa, Ryuya Abe, MDa, Katsu Hirayama, MDa

a Department of Surgery, Hiraka General Hospital, Akita, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Shimada, Department of Surgery, Hiraka General Hospital, 1-30, Ekimaecho, Yokote, Akita, 013-8610, Japan
e-mail: tomoyuki{at}rnac.ne.jp

Occurrence of a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve is quite rare. We present the case of a 70-year-old man with carcinoma of the esophagus. An abnormal right subclavian artery was detected preoperatively. This anomaly suggested that the right inferior laryngeal nerve branched directly from the vagal trunk. A carcinoma of the esophagus was resected, and lymph nodes were dissected. The right inferior laryngeal nerve was fully preserved, and the esophagus was primarily repaired.






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