Congenital cartilaginous rests of the neck (wattles).
BACKGROUND
Congenital cartilaginous rests of the neck (wattles) are very rare, probably branchiogenic malformations.


OBJECTIVE
To discuss the clinical and histologic features and the therapy of wattles.


METHODS
We report a 4-year-old patient with symmetric exophytic nodules of the neck that had been present since birth.


RESULTS
The two lesions, 0.5 3 0.5 cm, were removed. The histopathologic examination confirmed ectopic cartilaginous tissue.


CONCLUSIONS
Wattles must be excised, including their cartilaginous core, after having sonographically excluded fistulae or sinuses.
Coras
Brigitte
B
Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany.
Hafner
Christian
C
Roesch
Alexander
A
Vogt
Thomas
T
Landthaler
Michael
M
Hohenleutner
Ulrich
U
D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D016896:Treatment Outcome