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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2008 Jan;17(1):93–viii. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2007.10.014

Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

Anatomic relationship of the RLN to the tracheoesophageal groove (A). Most commonly, the RLN courses along the tracheoesophageal groove (B) and passes deep to Berry’s ligament. Variations include an RLN that ascends anterior to the tracheoesophageal groove (C) or along the paraesophageal line posterior to the tracheoesophageal groove (D).