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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1985;28(6): 816-20. |
Complete Branchial Fistulae Communicated with Pharynx |
Jae Shik Cho, MD1, and Chong Won Lee, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, Kwangju Armed Forces General Hospital, 2;Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam University Medical School, Korea |
咽頭와 交通한 完全頸鰓瘻 |
曺載植1 · 李鍾元2 |
國軍光州病院 耳鼻咽候科1;全南大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室2; |
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ABSTRACT |
The branchial apparatus is a group of structure, which undergoes its development and differentiation between the third and seventh weeks in human embryo, and it is phylogenetically analogous to the respiratory gill apparatus of fishes. Cysts, sinuses, fistulae of the lateral neck are believed to be originate from the remnants of embryologic branchial apparatus that persist into postnatal life. Among these anomalies, branchial fistulae which have free communication from skin of lateral neck to oropharynx or hypopharynx are very rare. Recently, the authors have experienced two cases of complete branchial fistulae in a 3-year-old female child and 27-year-old woman and report with review of literatures.
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