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first branchial cleft fistula
Thursday 17 June 2010
Synopsis
first branchial cleft anomaly
opening in the infra-auricular region
tortuous tract extending anteroinferiorly and medially from the external inframeatal opening to the lateral nasopharyngeal wall (anterior to the fossa of Rosenmuller)
tract connected to the deep lobe of the parotid gland
References
A rare variant of first branchial cleft fistula. Ramnani S, Mungutwar V, Goyal NK, Bansal A. J Laryngol Otol. 2009 Dec;123(12):1387-9. PMID: 19566977