ECTOPIC SALIVARY-GLAND IN THE POSTERIOR TRIANGLE OF THE NECK

Ectopic cervical salivary tissue may present as a discharging sinus if a duct system and cutaneous orifice are present. Where described in p revious reports these openings have been located along the anterior bo rder of sternomastoid or in the anterior triangle, making this a diffe rential diagnosis of a branchial sinus. We report on a patient who pre sented with an ectopic salivary gland in the posterior triangle of the neck.