Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge
Branchial cleft cysts typically present as a unilateral, fluctuant soft tissue swelling that are mostly localised deep to the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid in the lateral aspect of the neck at the junction of its upper third and lower two third. Diagnosis is usually straightforward and can...
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| author | Shruti Bansal Harshad Nikte Arpit Sharma J P Dabholkar |
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| description | Branchial cleft cysts typically present as a unilateral, fluctuant soft tissue swelling that are mostly localised deep to the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid in the lateral aspect of the neck at the junction of its upper third and lower two third. Diagnosis is usually straightforward and can be made clinically however FNAC facilitates diagnosis.Unusually they can mimic as an abscess or metastatic node and less commonly present at an unusual location. We encountered 3 cases where patients presented with neck swelling either with unusual presentation or atypical location or inconclusive FNA. This report describes a series of patients in which the diagnosis of branchial cysts was not straightforward and posed a diagnostic challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4865dba5c5e4b8fad427fb123b5b8c42022-12-22T02:00:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons2347-81282347-81282016-01-011218Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challengeShruti BansalHarshad NikteArpit SharmaJ P DabholkarBranchial cleft cysts typically present as a unilateral, fluctuant soft tissue swelling that are mostly localised deep to the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid in the lateral aspect of the neck at the junction of its upper third and lower two third. Diagnosis is usually straightforward and can be made clinically however FNAC facilitates diagnosis.Unusually they can mimic as an abscess or metastatic node and less commonly present at an unusual location. We encountered 3 cases where patients presented with neck swelling either with unusual presentation or atypical location or inconclusive FNA. This report describes a series of patients in which the diagnosis of branchial cysts was not straightforward and posed a diagnostic challenge.http://www.jhnps.org/article.asp?issn=2347-8128;year=2016;volume=1;issue=2;spage=1;epage=8;aulast=Bansal;type=0Branchial cleft cystsFNACSurgical excision |
| spellingShingle | Shruti Bansal Harshad Nikte Arpit Sharma J P Dabholkar Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons Branchial cleft cysts FNAC Surgical excision |
| title | Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| title_full | Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| title_fullStr | Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| title_short | Branchial cyst: a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| title_sort | branchial cyst a diagnostic dilemma and a surgical challenge |
| topic | Branchial cleft cysts FNAC Surgical excision |
| url | http://www.jhnps.org/article.asp?issn=2347-8128;year=2016;volume=1;issue=2;spage=1;epage=8;aulast=Bansal;type=0 |
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