See Also: Brookwood Medical Center(health)
Branchial cleft cyst(health)
branchial cleft cyst(medicine)
Schneider Children's Medical Center(Rabin Medical Center)(health)
Mercer Family Medicine Center(health)
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The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center(health)
Healthsouth Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center(health)
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Blake Medical Center Medical Center(health)

branchial cleft cyst (medicine) and Brookwood Medical Center (health)


branchial cleft cyst (medicine)


branchial cleft cyst


Also called a branchial cyst, this is a cavity that is a remnant from embryologic development present at birth in one side of the neck just in front of the large angulated muscle on either side (the sternocleidomastoid muscle). The cyst may not be recognised until adolescence as it enlarges its oval shape. Sometimes it develops a sinus or drainage pathway to the surface of the skin from which mucus can be expressed. Total surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Recurrence is not expected.


Brookwood Medical Center (health)


Brookwood Medical Center is a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama (USA).