title: Branchial cleft cyst with xanthogranulomatous inflammation.
abstract: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation (XGI) is a special type of inflammation presenting as mass lesions and mimicking malignant tumors. It is rarely described in the head and neck region, and to the best of our knowledge, there are no cases associated with branchial cleft cyst. A 39-year-old woman with an infiltrative cystic neck mass that radiologically mimicks a malignant tumor is herein presented. The histopathologic diagnosis was a branchial cleft cyst with XGI. XGI may be associated wih branchial cleft cysts. Patients may present with radiologic findings mimicking an invasive malignant tumor, and should be taken into account during the differential diagnosis with cystic squamous cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. sulen.sarioglu@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sulen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarioglu
authors.forename: Mehtat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Yasemen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adali
authors.forename: Taner Kemal
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Erdag
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Men
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000473:pathology*; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology*