Fourth branchial cleft cyst and congenital absence of the contralateral thyroid lobe

Fourth branchial cleft anomalies are the rarest type of branchial anomalies. They arise from an incomplete involution of the fourth branchial cleft during development. We report the successful surgical excision of a left fourth branchial cleft cyst in a pediatric patient presenting with an enlarging...

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Main Authors: Sareema H. Adnan, Priscilla Nobecourt, Sifrance Tran, Ravi S. Radhakrishnan, Kanika A. Bowen-Jallow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576619300909