Pharyngeal cyst arising from second branchial cleft.
A rare case of pharyngeal cyst arising from the second branchial cleft in a 14-year-old boy is described. A cyst located in the right posterolateral wall of the oropharynx was completely removed by an intraoral approach. Histopathological examination revealed that the cyst was lined with columnar (respiratory type) epithelium.
Takimoto
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Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Akemoto
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Umeda
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D000293:Adolescent; D001935:Branchioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology