branchial cyst

Cholesterol crystals may be found in the fluid extracted from a branchial cyst.

Some congenital swellings may not appear since birth, but later in life, e.g., branchial cyst, dermatoid cyst, thyroglossal cyst.

After successfully excising a branchial cyst in the right neck the surgeon was faced with a deeper non-pulsatile cyst under considerable tension, with fine nerves and blood vessels traversing its wall.

This disorder is characterized by pits or ear tags in front of the outer ear, abnormal passages from the throat to the outside surface of the neck (branchial fistulas), branchial cysts, hearing loss and/or kidney (renal) abnormalities.