title: [An unusual lateral cervico-facial fistula].
abstract: Lateral cervical sinuses of fistula are usually derivatives of the branchial clefts and pouches and have a more or less typical course in the neck. We present a patient with an extremely long sinus extending from the left supraclavicular area, via the cheek up to the left infraorbital rim. We could not find a similar report in literature. The diagnostic evaluation as well as the successful surgical removal of the malformation through a skin incision in the neck and a second incision in the sulcus gingivobucalis are described. On the basis of a brief review in the embryology of the congenital anomalies of the neck and face some considerations about the possible origin of the cervico-facial sinuses are discussed.
authors: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Ioannina, Griechenland.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Skevas
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bliouras
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Papadopoulos
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Tsoulias
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001935:Branchioma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Eine ungewöhnliche laterale zerviko-faziale Fistel.