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15693425

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
283
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
During the preparations of cadavers for educational purposes we followed the course of the right phrenic nerve. On one of them and especially a female cadaver aged 72-year-old we found a branch arising from the thoracic portion of the right phrenic and passing through the two layers of the falciform ligament distributed to the upper surface of the serous layer of the liver in the form of "pes anserinus". As it is known, pain referred from the diaphragmatic peritoneum is classically felt in the shoulder tip but pain from thoracic surfaces supplied by the phrenic nerve is usually located there albeit vaguely. We believe that the above anatomical finding is the explanation of distinct radiating pain from the hepatic region to the right shoulder in some patients. The stimulations is carried through the phrenic nerve to the fourth cervical neurotome from were arise the supraclavicular nerves which are distributed to the shoulder region.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1286-0115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
"Pes anserinus" of the right phrenic nerve innervating the serous membrane of the liver: a case report (anatomical study).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports