Duplicated facial nerve trunk with a first branchial cleft cyst.
First branchial cleft anomalies are rare and their various anatomical relationships to the facial nerve have been described. We encountered a 15-year-old female with a type II first branchial cleft cyst presenting as a right neck mass that we found during surgical excision to transverse two main facial nerve trunks. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a first branchial cleft anomaly in conjunction with a duplicated facial nerve trunk.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Drew
D
Hinson
Perry
P
Poteet
Charles
C
Bower
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001934:Branchial Region / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
First branchial cleft; anomaly; facial nerve