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A variation of first branchial cleft anomalies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. S. Violaris
Affiliation:
Birmingham
A. L. Pahor*
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
Mr Ahmes L. Pahor, Consultant ENT Surgeon, ENT Department, Dudley Road Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH.
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Abstract

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First branchial cleft anomalies are considered to be duplications of the external auditory meatus (EAM) and pinna with a sinus that runs parallel to the EAM (Type 1) or with a sinus that runs from an opening in the neck and ends blindly near the cartilaginous EAM (Type 2). In this paper we discuss a young patient that presented with an infected sinus that did not resemble either of the two known types of first branchial cleft anomalies.

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Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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