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Branchial cyst of the nasopharynx: resection via the endonasal approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Yuya Tamagawa ,
Ken Kitamura  and
Mamoru Miyata
Yuya Tamagawa*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Ken Kitamura
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Mamoru Miyata
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Y. Tamagawa, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi-machi, Tochigi-ken, Japan 329-04. Fax: 285-44-5547
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Abstract

We present a rare branchial cyst of the nasopharynx in a 57-year-old man. The cyst was located at the higher level between the roof and the left lateral band of the nasopharynx, and was removed by the endonasal approach following a preparatory septoplasty. While several cases of nasopharyngeal cysts have previously been reported, this appears to be the first case of the resection of such a cyst via the endonasal approach, and is a useful, and potentially less injurious, alternative to the transpalatal approach.

Keywords

BranchiomaNasopharynxEndoscopy
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , February 1995 , pp. 139 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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Footnotes

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Practica Otologica (Kyoto), Yokohama, July 1993.

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