A UNIQUE CONGENITAL GLOSSOCERVICAL FISTULA

Lateral cervical fistulae which communicate with the oropharynx are co nsidered to result from incomplete obliteration of the second branchia l cleft and pouch. Classically these fistulae have a well-defined path way through the neck. We present a case, and discuss the aetiology, of a fistula extending from the lateral neck via a previously undescribe d course through the neck structures and opening into the posterior as pect of the tongue at the level of the vallate papillae.