ORIFICES AT THE LOWER NECK - HETEROTOPIC SALIVARY-GLANDS

Authors
SEVILA A MORELL A NAVAS J ALFONSO R SILVESTRE JF RAMON R
Citation
A. Sevila et al., ORIFICES AT THE LOWER NECK - HETEROTOPIC SALIVARY-GLANDS, Dermatology, 194(4), 1997, pp. 360-361
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
194
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
360 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1997)194:4<360:OATLN->2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Heterotopic islands of salivary-gland tissue are rare and have been de scribed in a number of sites in the head and neck, We describe a patie nt with salivary-gland fistulas in the lower third of the neck, withou t evidence of any other congenital abnormalities. The appearance of si nuses in association with heterotopic salivary-gland tissue suggests t hat its embryologic origin may be from the branchial clefts, Surgical treatment is recommended.