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branchial
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branchial [′braŋ·kē·əl]
(zoology)
Of or pertaining to gills.


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A solitary third or fourth branchial cyst may be contained completely within the thyroid gland and may present as a cold nodule.
Ectopic thyroid tissue within a branchial cyst is a rare phenomenon, and malignancy within this tissue is extremely rare; only 4 such cases have been reported to date.
Following the clinical examination, our differential diagnoses were colloid goiter, branchial cyst, and thyroglossal duct cyst.
 
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