Heterotopic salivary gland presenting as a discharging sinus in the base of the neck

We report a case of congenital heterotopic salivary gland with draining sinus in the lower neck on the right side of a 10-year-old female, which we initially thought to be a branchial fistula. Heterotopic salivary glands are rare lesions in the neck and when present appear very similar to branchial...

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Autores principales: Jain, Shraddha, Aggarwal, Anil, Deshmukh, Prasad, Singhvi, Puneet, Sudarshan, Kavita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765372
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e131
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Sumario:We report a case of congenital heterotopic salivary gland with draining sinus in the lower neck on the right side of a 10-year-old female, which we initially thought to be a branchial fistula. Heterotopic salivary glands are rare lesions in the neck and when present appear very similar to branchial cleft sinus or fistula. This congenital lesion is rare. This is probably the first report from India. It is important to report this case to raise the awareness of this condition.

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