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Case Reports
. 2017 May 5;1(2):2473974X17705832.
doi: 10.1177/2473974X17705832. eCollection 2017 Apr-Jun.

Third Branchial Cleft Cyst with Mycobacterium Infection

George S Ferzli  1 , Punam Thakkar  1 , Nira A Goldstein  1 , Natalya Chernichenko  1
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Case Reports

Third Branchial Cleft Cyst with Mycobacterium Infection

George S Ferzli et al. OTO Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium; branchial cleft cyst; third branchial cleft cyst.

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Competing interests: None.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Computed tomography neck with contrast. Heterogeneous enhancing lesion in the left lower neck associated with the left lobe of the thyroid gland, with extension laterally anterior to the carotid sheath and deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, measuring 3.9 × 3.4 cm.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Recurrent fistulous tract arising from the left pyriform sinus. Multiple swallows with progressive accumulation of contrast suggestive of persistent left pyriform sinus fistula.
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