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A variation of first branchial cleft anomalies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. S. Violaris  and
A. L. Pahor
N. S. Violaris
Affiliation:
Birmingham
A. L. Pahor*
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
Mr Ahmes L. Pahor, Consultant ENT Surgeon, ENT Department, Dudley Road Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH.
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Abstract

First branchial cleft anomalies are considered to be duplications of the external auditory meatus (EAM) and pinna with a sinus that runs parallel to the EAM (Type 1) or with a sinus that runs from an opening in the neck and ends blindly near the cartilaginous EAM (Type 2). In this paper we discuss a young patient that presented with an infected sinus that did not resemble either of the two known types of first branchial cleft anomalies.

Keywords

Branchial region, first branchial cleft, sinusEar, external
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 7 , July 1993 , pp. 625 - 626
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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