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Intraoral Approach for Parapharyngeal Branchial Cleft Cysts
1Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, Research Institute for Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University- Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk, Korea.
Abstract:
Branchial cleft cyst (BCC) most frequently arises from the second branchial cleft and is located anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the mandibular angle. However, very rarely, this may occur in the parapharyngeal space. Interestingly, the parapharyngeal BCC is frequently misdiagnosed as a peritonsillar abscess. In this study, we reported 2 cases of parapharyngeal BCC misdiagnosed as peritonsillar abscess.

