title: Bilateral second branchial cleft cysts without any associated congenital abnormality: a case report.
abstract: A thirty-year-old male patient with bilateral second branchial cleft cysts is presented, in whom no association was found with any other congenital abnormality, in particular branchio-oto-renal syndrome. He had a complaint of painless swelling on both sides of the neck. Physical and radiological examinations showed bilateral branchial cleft cysts. A coexisting congenital syndrome could not be documented despite investigations including physical examination, blood biochemistry and complete blood count, audiologic tests, temporal bone computed tomography, and abdominal and renal ultrasonography. Surgical excision was performed on both sides with a three-week interval. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis. The postoperative period was uneventful, with no recurrence during a follow-up period of 12 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. denizy@aku.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mustafa Deniz
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aktepe
authors.forename: Ciğdem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tokyol
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altuntaş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001934:Branchial Region; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed