Second brachial cleft cyst mimic: case report.

نویسندگان

  • Philip D Lanham
  • Curtis Wushensky
چکیده

We report the CT findings in a patient with a lateral neck mass histologically shown to be a schwannoma but having certain radiographic features commonly considered pathognomonic for a type III second branchial cleft cyst. Our case, therefore, represents an exception to this long-established rule.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 26 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005