Volume 28, Issue 151, Septemper 2024

Surgical removal of a giant branchial cleft cyst: A case report

Bernadeta Zabielska, Joanna Kołodziej^♦, Katarzyna Kulej, Agnieszka Krekora-Smolak, Paula Tarkowska, Justyna Perdas, Kinga Kozioł-Wójcik, Barbara Biernacka, Aldona Chloupek

Department of Cranio-Macillofacial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-142 Warsaw, Poland

^♦Corresponding Author
Department of Cranio-Macillofacial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine- National Research Institute, 04-142 Warsaw, Poland

ABSTRACT

A lateral neck cyst is a congenital abnormality most commonly occurs in children and young adults. The development of this pathology caused by disturbances during the embryogenesis process, during which there is improper closing of the branchial apertures and incomplete fusion of the branchial arches. This cyst is typically benign- however, in cases of frequent and recurrent infections various complications may arise. A lateral neck cyst can be diagnosed incidentally, for example: during imaging studies to diagnose infection complications. Treatment first involves curing the infections and potential complications, followed by surgical treatment to prevent infection recurrence. Here we describe a case of a patient who presented to the Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic with a sizeable unilateral neck mass measuring approximately 10 cm in diameter, which had been growing asymptomatically for almost four years.

Keywords: Branchial cleft cyst, benign neck tumor, giant neck cyst, congenital abnormality

Medical Science, 2024, 28, e121ms3432

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v28i151.e121ms3432

Published: 07 Septemper 2024