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- rare: 1%
- Direct laryngeal nerve that comes off the vagus.
- more common on the right
- resutls of an anomalous origin of the right subclavian artery off the descending aorta
- if not recognized will result in division thinking it is the inferior thyroid artery - and it is the reason it is important to identify the RLN before dividing vascular structures
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