title: Primary branchial cleft carcinoma--a case report.
abstract: Primary branchial cleft carcinoma is a diagnostic challenge. The majority of cases have been shown, following the application of rigid criteria, to have developed from an occult metastasis elsewhere. We describe what we believe to be only the second reported case in a patient who fulfils all of the established criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ohri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makins
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Leopold
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000473:pathology*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged