title: [Branchial cleft anomalies: a review of 40 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the diagnosis and treatment for the congenital branchial cleft cysts and sinuses.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the clinical material of 40 patients with branchial cleft cysts and sinuses, and explored the diagnosis and therapeutic experience. Twelve cases were first branchial cleft cysts and sinuses, 23 cases were second branchial cleft cysts and sinuses and 5 cases were third branchial cleft cysts and sinuses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients were cured by surgical resection. Followed up from 1 to 5 years, 36 cases were cured, 2 cases were lost touch with, 2 cases recurred and were well treated again.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical resection was the main method to treat the congenital branchial cleft cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wuyi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yongning
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jianhan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult