title: [Thornwaldt's cyst. The experience of a decade].
abstract: The cyst of the Thornwaldt's bursa is a bulge on the postero-superior wall of the rhinopharynx, due to the closure of the sac's drainage duct. The bursa pharyngea being an embryologic remnant occurring in 3 percent of healthy adults. It is a process well known since a century, but only 11 cases (in 9 several publications) have been quoted in the last 20 years. Perusal of the cases seen at the ENT Department of the Clinic and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona during the latter decade.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de O.R.L. del Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Biurrun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olmo
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Barceló
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morelló
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Condom
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Traserra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Quiste de Thornwaldt. La experiencia de una decada.