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Cervical chondrocutaneous branchial remnants are very rare congenital lesions of the lateral neck; thus, our knowledge of this condition derives almost entirely from occasional case reports in the literature. They...
Preauricular sinus is a congenital malformation that is very commonly encountered among the general population and it has especially high prevalence among Asians when compared to other ethnic groups. It...
BACKGROUND: Accessory tragus is an abnormal ear structure that has the shape of a nodule or a papule. The existing surgical method is very simple, wherein an elliptical incision is...
The branchial cleft anomaly is found in the cervical mass, rising usually from an incomplete obliteration of the branchial apparatus during fetal development. This anomaly might be confused with and...
The fourth branchial pouch sinus is a developmental anomaly which most freqently manifests itself by recurrent episodes of neck abscess or acute suppurative thyroiditis. The most common developmental anomalies of...
Tae K, Jeong SW, Lee EJ, Lee SH, Kim KR, Park CW, Lee HS
KMID: 2074463
Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2002 Oct;45(10):998-1003.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The branchial anomaly is a lateral neck mass commonly seen by otolaryngologists. Although somewhat controversial, almost all surgeons agree that lateral cervical cyst, fistula and sinus are...
Second branchial cleft cysts are the most common type of branchial abnormalities and usually found high in the neck. Oropharyngeal presence of branchial cleft cyst is very rare. We report...