title: Branchial cleft cyst manifesting as hypoglossal nerve palsy.
abstract: Hypoglossal nerve palsy occurred in 2 patients with infected second branchial arch cleft cyst. This very unusual complication of the congenital anomaly has been related to the mechanical compression of the mass. Histologic features of the perineural coat were also suggestive for this etio-pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gatot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tovi
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fliss
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yanai-Inbar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D001935:Branchioma / Q000150:complications*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*