Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 1, February 2012, pages 29-31

Two Cases of First Branchial Cleft Anomalies Medial to the Facial Nerve

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. A: A 20-year-old female presented with a sinus opening (arrow head) in the left external auditory canal. B: The track (black arrow) paralleled the normal external auditory canal and terminated deep to the facial nerve (white arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. A: 36-year-old female presented with a ruptured sinus at the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. B: The fistulous tract (black arrow) was deep to the facial nerve (white arrow) and displaced the nerve laterally.