Anatomic Alert: Spinal accessory nerve traversing a fenestrated internal jugular vein

Jay I. KumarDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Correspondence[email protected]

Shunchang MaNeurotomy, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing, China; ;Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing, China;

Pankaj AgarwallaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA;

Nir ShimonyGeisinger Neuroscience Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, USA; ;Institute for Brain Protection Sciences, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA;

Shih S. LiuUSF Health, Neurosurgery, Tampa, FL, USA

Abstract

We present a case of the spinal accessory nerve traversing a fenestrated internal jugular vein. Awareness of this variant may be important in neurosurgical procedures that involve upper cervical exposures.

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