Fourth branchial cleft cyst and congenital absence of the contralateral thyroid lobe

AbstractFourth branchial cleft anomalies are the rarest type of branchial anomalies. They arise from an incomplete involution of the fourth branchial cleft during development. We report the successful surgical excision of a left fourth branchial cleft cyst in a pediatric patient presenting with an e...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric surgery case reports 2019-08, Vol.47, p.101245-101245, Article 101245
Hauptverfasser: Adnan, Sareema H, Nobecourt, Priscilla, Tran, Sifrance, Radhakrishnan, Ravi S, Bowen-Jallow, Kanika A
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Zusammenfassung:AbstractFourth branchial cleft anomalies are the rarest type of branchial anomalies. They arise from an incomplete involution of the fourth branchial cleft during development. We report the successful surgical excision of a left fourth branchial cleft cyst in a pediatric patient presenting with an enlarging painless lateral neck mass. Intraoperatively the patient was found to have a large left branchial cleft cyst, which displaced the left superior pole of the thyroid lobe. In addition, there was hemiagenesis of the right thyroid.
ISSN:2213-5766
2213-5766
DOI:10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101245