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Duplicated facial nerve trunk with a first branchial cleft cyst
Author(s) -
Hinson Drew,
Poteet Perry,
Bower Charles
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.24365
Subject(s) - facial nerve , anatomy , trunk , medicine , biology , ecology
Objectives/Hypothesis First branchial cleft anomalies are rare and their various anatomical relationships to the facial nerve have been described. We encountered a 15‐year‐old female with a type II first branchial cleft cyst presenting as a right neck mass that we found during surgical excision to transverse two main facial nerve trunks. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a first branchial cleft anomaly in conjunction with a duplicated facial nerve trunk. Laryngoscope , 124:662–664, 2014