title: Pharyngeal cleft sinuses and cysts, and other benign neck lesions.
abstract: Few pediatricians can expect to acquire great personal experience in dealing with many of the aforementioned lesions. Nevertheless, an appreciation of the usual presentation and natural history of most of the entities will usually permit an accurate diagnosis and guide to management in all but the most obscure conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedberg
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D005402:Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009333:Neck; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology