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Anatomy Atlases: Variations in Lumbar Sympathetic Trunks. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System:

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System

Variations in Lumbar Sympathetic Trunks and Ganglia.

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


The ganglia on the two sides of the body are rarely symmetric in their appearance, branches, number, and location.

Redrawn from Yeager, G.H. and R.A. Cowley. Anatomical observations on the lumbar sympathetics with evaluation of sympathectomies in organic peripheral vascular disease. Ann. Surg. 127:953-967, 1948.

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