title: Orifices at the lower neck: heterotopic salivary glands.
abstract: Heterotopic islands of salivary-gland tissue are rare and have been described in a number of sites in the head and neck. We describe a patient with salivary-gland fistulas in the lower third of the neck, without evidence of any other congenital abnormalities. The appearance of sinuses in association with heterotopic salivary-gland tissue suggests that its embryologic origin may be from the branchial clefts. Surgical treatment is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital General, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sevila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfonso
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramón
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D012469:Salivary Glands