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A unique congenital glossocervical fistula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Martin J. Donnelly ,
Conard I. Timon  and
Eoghan Mooney
Martin J. Donnelly
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Conard I. Timon*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Eoghan Mooney
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
*
Professor C. I. Timon, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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Abstract

Lateral cervical fistulae which communicate with the oropharynx are considered to result from incomplete obliteration of the second branchial cleft and pouch. Classically these fistulae have a well-defined pathway through the neck. We present a case, and discuss the aetiology, of a fistula extending from the lateral neck via a previously undescribed course through the neck structures and opening into the posterior aspect of the tongue at the level of the vallate papillae.

Keywords

Branchial regionFistula
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 519 - 521
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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