{"title":"Ectopic Salivary Gland - A Possible Differential Diagnosis of a Branchial Cleft Cyst.","authors":"Thomas Menter, Stefan Holland-Cunz","doi":"10.1080/15513815.2023.2193847","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Branchial cleft cysts or fistulae are common in pediatric surgical pathology and are cured by surgery. Lesions in this area may not show the classical features of a cyst or duct lined by squamous or respiratory epithelium and other differential diagnoses should be considered. <b>Case report:</b> A seven-year-old otherwise healthy boy presented with bilateral swelling of the lower neck and reported intermittent secretion of clear fluid on the right side. Excision of the right sided lesion revealed an ectopic salivary gland, the excision of the left showed only subtle fibrosis. <b>Conclusion:</b> Ectopic salivary glands may occur in the distribution of branchial cleft remnants. Clear fluid drainage (saliva) may be a clinical clue that these are not branchial cleft cremnants.</p>","PeriodicalId":50452,"journal":{"name":"Fetal and Pediatric Pathology","volume":"42 4","pages":"706-708"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fetal and Pediatric Pathology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2023.2193847","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/3/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Branchial cleft cysts or fistulae are common in pediatric surgical pathology and are cured by surgery. Lesions in this area may not show the classical features of a cyst or duct lined by squamous or respiratory epithelium and other differential diagnoses should be considered. Case report: A seven-year-old otherwise healthy boy presented with bilateral swelling of the lower neck and reported intermittent secretion of clear fluid on the right side. Excision of the right sided lesion revealed an ectopic salivary gland, the excision of the left showed only subtle fibrosis. Conclusion: Ectopic salivary glands may occur in the distribution of branchial cleft remnants. Clear fluid drainage (saliva) may be a clinical clue that these are not branchial cleft cremnants.
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Fetal and Pediatric Pathology is an established bimonthly international journal that publishes data on diseases of the developing embryo, newborns, children, and adolescents. The journal publishes original and review articles and reportable case reports.
The expanded scope of the journal encompasses molecular basis of genetic disorders; molecular basis of diseases that lead to implantation failures; molecular basis of abnormal placentation; placentology and molecular basis of habitual abortion; intrauterine development and molecular basis of embryonic death; pathogenisis and etiologic factors involved in sudden infant death syndrome; the underlying molecular basis, and pathogenesis of diseases that lead to morbidity and mortality in newborns; prenatal, perinatal, and pediatric diseases and molecular basis of diseases of childhood including solid tumors and tumors of the hematopoietic system; and experimental and molecular pathology.
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