title: [Congenital and benign changes with regard to the pharynx].
abstract: METHODS
  The first part of this article is supposed to present a brief overview on the development of tissues and structures related to the pharynx, as far as they provide a better understanding of the most congenital lesions in this area of the body.
  The second part of this article focuses on benign lesions originating in the pharynx or in neighbouring structures. Functional pharynx abnormalities are beyond the scope of this paper.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Osteologie, Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, Wien. soraya.youssefzadeh@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Youssefzadeh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lomoschitz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cartellieri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography