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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2020

A case of inferior alveolar nerve encircling the arteria maxillaris.

Unnathi Nayak, Rajanigandha Vadgaonkar, Mangala M Pai, B V Murlimanju

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Article in Anatomy & cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Unnathi NayakThird Semester MBBS Student, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-7192
Rajanigandha VadgaonkarDepartment of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-495X
Mangala M PaiDepartment of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-5807
B V MurlimanjuDepartment of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-8296
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report a case of inferior alveolar nerve (IAN), which had variability in its formation. IAN was formed by dual roots, which were branching out from the posterior division of mandibular nerve. The observed roots were forming a loop around the pterygoid part of arteria maxillaris (MA). One of the roots was superficial to the MA and the other was deep to it. It is believed that this type of morphological variation in the formation of IAN can have clinial implications, which include compression by adjacent structures and nerve entrapment. The knowledge of this variation is important to anaesthesiologists and dentists, while administering local anaesthesia. This is also enlightening to the maxillofacial surgeons, neurologists and radiologists.

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Inferior alveolar nerveMandibular nerveNerve compression syndromes

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PMID32647091
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