[Lymphoepithelial cyst of the upper neck: report of a case].
A case of lymphoepithelial cyst of the upper neck is presented. The patient was a 77-year-old woman. After her lesion was extirpated under clinical diagnosis of salivary gland tumor, identified as lymphoepithelial cyst (so-called branchial cyst). Histopathologically salivary gland was observed in the cyst wall composed of lymphoid tissue and was demonstrated highly active amylase-enzyme (S type) in the cyst fluid. These findings are convicted that our case originates ductal epithelium entrapped in cervical lymph node (inclusion theory of Bhaskar).
Takita
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M
Hamaguchi
H
H
Lin
Y T
YT
Machiya
T
T
Matsumoto
R
R
Iwamoto
M
M
Kawamoto
T
T
Matsumoto
K
K
Sakuda
M
M
D000368:Aged; D001935:Branchioma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans