Congenital anomalies of the first branchial cleft. Retrospective study
Sendra Tello, J.; Plaza Mayor, G.; Navas Molinero, C.; Raboso García-Baquero, E.; Martínez Vidal, A.; Vázquez Carnero, R.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 28(4): 407-418
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 11692428 Document Number: 527776
Anomalies of the first branchial cleft are occasional problems putting up diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties, because the imperfect settlement of reminders of this cleft, which can appear as cysts or branchial fistula, among patients of any age. Though there are several recommended classifications in order to achieve a precious diagnosis and a total surgical removal, sometimes is laborious to correlate the clinical and the histological findings. We report a sequence of congenital periauricular anomalies operated in our Department during a ten-years-term and compare our findings of those quoted after the literature series.