Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
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Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac · Dec 2002
Case Reports[Cysts from the first branchial cleft. Apropos of a case ].
We describe a case of branchial cyst from the first branchial cleft in an 8-year-old patient, emphasizing the diagnostic difficulties of this type of lesion and the clinical aspects as well as the details of surgical treatment. The embryogenic origin and the anatomic relation with the facial nerve is recalled. Surgical treatment is indicated.