Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience

Branchial anomalies are a group of malformations resulting from incomplete closure of the pharyngeal pouches and clefts. They manifest as cysts, fistulae and sinus tracts located in the neck. We present the case of a 3 years-old girl admitted to the Surgery Department of our hospital for reccurent a...

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Main Authors: Dan Cristian Gheorghe, Adina Zamfir-Chiru-Anton, AE Stanciu
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Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2020-02-01
Series:Romanian Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://rmj.com.ro/articles/2020.1/RMJ_2020_1_Art-19.pdf
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description Branchial anomalies are a group of malformations resulting from incomplete closure of the pharyngeal pouches and clefts. They manifest as cysts, fistulae and sinus tracts located in the neck. We present the case of a 3 years-old girl admitted to the Surgery Department of our hospital for reccurent abssceses on the left side of her neck, lateral to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Management approach should be tailored according to the dimensions of the sinus and its relationships with the carotid artery and reccurent laryngeal nerve
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spelling doaj.art-5ee995ecf2794b9d8fa8ad3acd9db7d82024-02-02T12:12:24ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Medical Journal1220-54782069-606X2020-02-016719910110.37897/RMJ.2020.1.19Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experienceDan Cristian Gheorghe0Adina Zamfir-Chiru-Anton1AE Stanciu2ENT Department, “MS Curie” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaENT Department, “Gr. Alexandrescu” Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Carcinogenesis and Molecular Biology, Institute of Oncology, Bucharest, Romania; “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaBranchial anomalies are a group of malformations resulting from incomplete closure of the pharyngeal pouches and clefts. They manifest as cysts, fistulae and sinus tracts located in the neck. We present the case of a 3 years-old girl admitted to the Surgery Department of our hospital for reccurent abssceses on the left side of her neck, lateral to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Management approach should be tailored according to the dimensions of the sinus and its relationships with the carotid artery and reccurent laryngeal nervehttps://rmj.com.ro/articles/2020.1/RMJ_2020_1_Art-19.pdfbranchial anomaliesfistulapiriform sinuschild
spellingShingle Dan Cristian Gheorghe
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title Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience
title_full Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience
title_fullStr Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience
title_full_unstemmed Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience
title_short Piriform sinus fistula management approach – our experience
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topic branchial anomalies
fistula
piriform sinus
child
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