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KMID : 0390220190300020281
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Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
2019 Volume.30 No. 2 p.281 ~ p.283
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A Case of Communication of the Great Auricular Nerve with Mandibular Branch of the Facial Nerve
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Kang Si-Hyung
Park Hanaro
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Abstract
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The great auricular nerve supplies sensation to the lower and posterior part of the auricle and the skin overlying the angle of the mandible, and it is often sacrificed during parotidectomy. The communication between the great auricular nerve and the cervical branch of the facial nerve is a well-known anatomical variation, but that between the mandibular branch of facial nerve and the great auricular nerve is rare. During a superficial parotidectomy for a Warthin’s tumor of the left parotid gland, we found that the anterior division of the great auricular nerve was communicated with mandibular branch of the facial nerve. So we report this case with review of literatrues.
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KEYWORD
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Parotidectomy, Facial nerve, Great auricular nerve, Communication
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