title: Bilateral first branchial cleft cysts: case report and literature review.
abstract: Instances of first branchial cleft anomalies are quite uncommon. A patient with a first branchial cleft cyst was seen and surgically treated at UCLA Hospital in 1972. Three years later he developed a similar lesion on the opposite side of his neck and this also was surgically excised. A review of the literature has revealed only one prior report of bilateral first branchial cleft anomalies. The embryogenesis, diagnosis, and surgical management of these lesions are discussed in this paper.
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male