Clinical Significance of an Unusual Variation : Anomalous additional belly of the sternothyroid muscle

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Rajesh Bhargavan¹  Sudha R.²  Senthil Murugan M.² 

[1] Department of Anatomy, Sri Lakshminarayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Villianur Commune, Pondicherry, India;Department of Anatomy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital, Madagadipet, Pondicherry, India;

关键词: neck muscles;    thyroid gland;    cervical plexus;    jugular veins;    case report;    india.;   

DOI  :  10.18295/squmj.2016.16.04.015

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The infrahyoid muscles are involved in vocalisation and swallowing; among these, the sternothyroid muscle is derived from the common primitive sheet. The improper differentiation of this muscle may therefore result in morphological variations. We report an unusual variation found during the dissection of a 65-year-old male cadaver at the Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Madagadipet, Pondicherry, India, in 2015. An anomalous belly of the right sternothyroid muscle was observed between the internal jugular (IJ) vein and the internal carotid artery with an additional insertion into the tympanic plate and petrous part of the temporal bone and the presence of a levator glandulae thyroideae muscle. The anomalous muscle may compress the IJ vein if it is related to the neurovascular structures of neck; hence, knowledge of variations of the infrahyoid muscles can aid in the evaluation of IJ vein compression among patients with idiopathic symptoms resulting from venous congestion.

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