Abstract
Thyroglossal duct cysts followed by branchial cleft anomalies are the most common congenital neck masses encountered in practice, second branchial cleft cysts and sinuses are the most common type (LaRiviere and Waldhausen in Surg Clin North Am 92(3):583–597, 2012). Although both abnormalities are common individually, but rarely seen associated in same patient as described in our case. Congenitalcervical anomalies are important to consider in the differential of head and neck masses in children and adults. These lesions can present as palpable cystic masses, infected masses, draining sinuses, or fistulae. Thyroglossal duct cysts are most common, followed by branchial cleft anomalies. A synchronous presentation of both type of cyst and fistula in a same child patient is very rare with no such cases reported in literature till date.
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Mahdoufi, R., Barhmi, I., Tazi, N. et al. A Rare Case Report of a Child Coexistence Thyroglossal Cyst and Second Branchial Cleft Fistulae. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 69, 263–265 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-016-0995-z
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