Second brachial cleft cyst mimic: case report.
We report the CT findings in a patient with a lateral neck mass histologically shown to be a schwannoma but having certain radiographic features commonly considered pathognomonic for a type III second branchial cleft cyst. Our case, therefore, represents an exception to this long-established rule.
Lanham
Philip D
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Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Wushensky
Curtis
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D000328:Adult; D001935:Branchioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed