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Two cases of nasopharyngeal branchial cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

K. Shidara ,
T. Uruma ,
Y. Yasuoka  and
T. Kamei
K. Shidara*
Affiliation:
Gunma, Japan
T. Uruma
Affiliation:
Gunma, Japan
Y. Yasuoka
Affiliation:
Gunma, Japan
T. Kamei
Affiliation:
Gunma, Japan
*
K. Shidara, Department of Otolaryngology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showamachi, Maebashi371, Japan.
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Abstract

Two cases of nasopharyngeal cyst, in a two-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy, are described. The cysts were located in the right lateral wall of the nasopharynx in both cases. Histopathological examinations revealed that the cyst walls were lined with columnar epithelium. The positions of the cysts and pathological features indicated that they were of branchial origin, and they were assumed to originate in the second branchial pouch because of their anatomic location. They differed from previously reported cases in that they extended nearly to the base of the skull, occupying the parapharyngeal space. It was considered that they might have originated from the dorsal part of the second branchial pouch or the layer of endodermal cells cut off from the lower part of the eustachian tube.

Keywords

NasopharynxBranchioma
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 453 - 455
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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Footnotes

Presented in part to the Annual Meeting of the Practica Otologica (Kyoto), Sapporo, July 1991.

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