An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report
Knowledge of different anatomical structures is very important in parotid surgery to preserve facial nerve. Retromandibular vein is one of the landmarks used to identify facial nerve. So, the relation of the vein with facial nerve is very important in parotid surgery. The typical position of RMV is...
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| author | Nabin Lageju Prabhat Chandra Thakur Pravin Kumar Jaiswal |
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| description | Knowledge of different anatomical structures is very important in parotid surgery to preserve facial nerve. Retromandibular vein is one of the landmarks used to identify facial nerve. So, the relation of the vein with facial nerve is very important in parotid surgery. The typical position of RMV is deep to facial nerve in almost 88% of cases reported in various literatures. Here, we present an unusual position of RMV found during parotid surgery for pleomorphic adenoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-960a9721a2ce4d5a917e8da8c6c66fd42025-02-03T06:14:00ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732018-01-01201810.1155/2018/39197623919762An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case ReportNabin Lageju0Prabhat Chandra Thakur1Pravin Kumar Jaiswal2Department of ENT-HNS, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Nepal Cancer Hospital, Lalitpur, NepalDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Nepal Cancer Hospital, Lalitpur, NepalKnowledge of different anatomical structures is very important in parotid surgery to preserve facial nerve. Retromandibular vein is one of the landmarks used to identify facial nerve. So, the relation of the vein with facial nerve is very important in parotid surgery. The typical position of RMV is deep to facial nerve in almost 88% of cases reported in various literatures. Here, we present an unusual position of RMV found during parotid surgery for pleomorphic adenoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3919762 |
| spellingShingle | Nabin Lageju Prabhat Chandra Thakur Pravin Kumar Jaiswal An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report |
| title_full | An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report |
| title_short | An Unusual Position of Retromandibular Vein in Relation to Facial Nerve: A Rare Case Report |
| title_sort | unusual position of retromandibular vein in relation to facial nerve a rare case report |
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