Parotid branchial cleft cyst with facial paralysis. Report of a case.
Cysts of branchlogenic origin are an extremely unusual source of parotid swelling. I describe the clinical course of a patient with a branchiogenic cyst that initially developed as a rapidly enlarging parotid mass associated with a partial facial paralysis.
D001935:Branchioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery