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Legends for figures:
Fig.1: 3D reconstruction of contrast enhanced CT scan showing an aberrant subclavian artery (lusoria).
Fig.2: NRLN (black arrow), intraoperative view after thyroidectomy. Linear course at the level of upper thyroid pole entering the larynx (white arrow). Trachea is shown by white star.
Fig.3: axial and coronal CT scan, arterial phase, showing an ectopic vessel originating from the aortic arch and crossing the midline between the esophagus and the vertebral column to form the right subclavian artery (arteria lusoria).