NON RECUERRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE: A CASE REPORT

Identification and preservation of recurrent laryngeal nerve (Inferior laryngeal nerve) is one of the most important step during Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery. Very rarely, Thyroid surgeons may encounter a Non recurrent laryngeal nerve. A preoperative clinical suspicion, in case of an aberrant subclavian artery or situs inversus and a systematic meticulous dissection will help in the identification and preservation of a non recurrent laryngeal nerve. We report a case of 62 year old male with Papillary carcinoma thyroid having an aberrant right Subclavian artery and a Non recurrent Inferior laryngeal nerve.