Second Brachial Cleft Cyst Mimic: Case Report

We report the CT findings in a patient with a lateral neck mass histologically shown to be a schwannoma but having certain radiographic features commonly considered pathognomonic for a type III second branchial cleft cyst. Our case, therefore, represents an exception to this long-established rule.

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Veröffentlicht in:	American Journal of Neuroradiology 2005-08, Vol.26 (7), p.1862-1864
Hauptverfasser:	Lanham, Philip D, Wushensky, Curtis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Branchioma - diagnostic imaging Diagnosis, Differential Head and Neck Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Nervous system Neurilemmoma - diagnostic imaging Neurilemmoma - pathology Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the CT findings in a patient with a lateral neck mass histologically shown to be a schwannoma but having certain radiographic features commonly considered pathognomonic for a type III second branchial cleft cyst. Our case, therefore, represents an exception to this long-established rule.
ISSN:	0195-6108 1936-959X 1432-1920