Duplicated facial nerve trunk with a first branchial cleft cyst.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/lary.24365.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Branchial Region
- Branchioma
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Facial Nerve
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Pharyngeal Diseases