Cystic nodal metastasis of thyroid papillary carcinoma mimicking
branchial cleft cyst: Two case reports.
Work, "Newer concepts of first
branchial cleft defects," Laryngoscope, vol.
Based on the MRI signal and clinical presentation, we considered that our case should be classified as a first
branchial cleft fistula with cysts.
In this report, we described the diagnosis and successful management of 2 cases of second branchial cysts in adult Amazon parrots, one likely originating from a remnant of the second
branchial cleft and the other from a remnant of the second branchial pouch.
The purpose of this overview is to summarize the current concept of carcinomas arising in
branchial cleft cysts (so-called, branchiogenic carcinoma), indicating that most, if not all, represent cystic metastases from oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma primaries.
Third/fourth
branchial cleft anomalies are rare and may present as an infectious swelling low in the floor of the neck laterally or in the anterior neck adjacent to the thyroid gland.
Differential diagnosis of TC should include choanal polyp, angiofibroma, nasopharynx cancer, mucosal and adenoid retention cysts, chordoma, meningomyeloceles and meningoceles, adenoid retention cysts,
branchial cleft cysts, and Rathke's pouch cysts.6,7
Differential diagnosis of Thornwaldt's cyst is
branchial cleft cyst, Rathke's pouch cyst, adenoid retention cyst, meningocoele, sphenoid sinus mucocoele, JNA and possibly nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
As first
branchial cleft anomalies are another possible differential diagnosis, it is recommended to look carefully for a sinus opening within the external ear canal or around the ear [9].
The differential diagnosis of laryngopyocele includes laryngeal cyst, fluid-filled laryngocele,
branchial cleft cyst and less likely paraganglioma, schwannoma, and thyroglossal duct cysts.
(43) For this reason, first
branchial cleft cysts, which represent the second-most common
branchial cleft anomaly, can arise anywhere from the external auditory canal through the parotid gland to the submandibular triangle.