CONGENITAL MIDLINE CERVICAL CLEFT - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Congenital midline cervical cleft is a rare disorder with a wide range of presentations. To date, there have been fewer than 35 cases report ed in the English-language literature. A rarer finding is the associat ion of bronchogenic cysts or respiratory epithelium with the midline c left. The clinical presentation of congenital midline cervical cleft w ith a cephalic skin tab, atrophic cleft, and caudal sinus may distingu ish it from other conditions of the midline neck. We present an 18-mon th-old girl with congenital midline cervical cleft to illustrate its c linical presentation and the proper treatment of this condition.