Second branchial cleft anomaly presenting as a rudimentary pinna in the nasopharynx of a newborn.
We describe the case of a 4-day-old girl who presented with an epiglottic cyst that was later identified as a rudimentary pinna attached to the soft palate.
Ahmed
Khwaja Asif
KA
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, USA. asif74@hotmail.com
Poole
Michael D
MD
D001934:Branchial Region / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology*