A unique congenital glossocervical fistula.
Lateral cervical fistulae which communicate with the oropharynx are considered to result from incomplete obliteration of the second branchial cleft and pouch. Classically these fistulae have a well-defined pathway through the neck. We present a case, and discuss the aetiology, of a fistula extending from the lateral neck via a previously undescribed course through the neck structures and opening into the posterior aspect of the tongue at the level of the vallate papillae.
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
M J
MJ
Donnelly
C I
CI
Timon
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E
Mooney
D000328:Adult; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005402:Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology