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Primary branchial cleft carcinoma – a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. K. Ohri ,
R. Makins ,
C. E. T. Smith  and
P. W. Leopold
A. K. Ohri*
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK.
R. Makins
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK.
C. E. T. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK.
P. W. Leopold
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: A. K. Ohri, F.R.C.S., Elephanta, 18 Courtney Road, London 5W19 2ED.
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Abstract

Primary branchial cleft carcinoma is a diagnostic challenge. The majority of cases have been shown, following the application of rigid criteria, to have developed from an occult metastasis elsewhere.

We describe what we believe to be only the second reported case in a patient who fulfils all of the established criteria.

Keywords

Branchial apparatusCarcinomaNeoplasm metastasisoccult
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 80 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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