title: Congenital cartilaginous rests of the neck (wattles).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coras
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roesch
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landthaler
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohenleutner
mesh_terms: 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