title: Lateral cervical cleft: a previously unreported anomaly resulting from incomplete disappearance of the second pharyngeal (branchial) cleft.
abstract: The authors present a 2-year-old boy with a skin defect located in the right lateral side of the neck. They suggest the defect is a partial failure of disappearance of the second pharyngeal (branchial) cleft and propose a name of lateral cervical cleft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gedikoğlu
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tanyel
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male