Diagnosis and treatment of the fourth branchial fissure: a clinical report of 1 case and literature review

The patient repeatedly suffer from pain in the left side neck for 4 years and had 1-2 recurrence per year. We used neck ultrasound and neck CT examination to find an abnormal soft tissue lumps exist in the patient's left neck root to the trachea esophageal ditch. Diagnostic analysis combines em...

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Published inLin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology, head, and neck surgery Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 648 - 650
Main Authors Lu, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Yijuan, Zhang, Haidong, Gong, Shanchun, Dai, Dachun, Xu, Bo, Yu, Zhenkun
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.07.2021
Subjects
Branchial Region - diagnostic imaging
Branchial Region - surgery
Humans
Neck
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
fourth branchial fissure
diagnostic errors
surgical procedures,operative
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Summary:The patient repeatedly suffer from pain in the left side neck for 4 years and had 1-2 recurrence per year. We used neck ultrasound and neck CT examination to find an abnormal soft tissue lumps exist in the patient's left neck root to the trachea esophageal ditch. Diagnostic analysis combines embryogenesis and anatomy, and the diagnosis results are infection with the fourth branchial fissure. The lesion site was completely excisioned with full hemp surgery, the incision showed I type healing after surgery, and there was no recurrence after six months of follow-up.
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ISSN:2096-7993
DOI:10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2021.07.016