Orifices at the Lower Neck: Heterotopic Salivary Glands
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J.F. Silvestre; A. Morell; J. Navas; R. Alfonso; A. Sevila; R. Ramón
- Source
- Dermatology. 194:360-361
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Salivary gland
business.industry
Cutaneous Fistula
Fistula
Dermatology
Anatomy
Choristoma
medicine.disease
Salivary Glands
Surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
medicine.anatomical_structure
stomatognathic system
medicine
Humans
Female
Child
Head and neck
Surgical treatment
business
Neck
- Language
- ISSN
- 1421-9832
1018-8665
Heterotopic islands of salivary-gland tissue are rare and have been described in a number of sites in the head and neck. We describe a patient with salivary-gland fistulas in the lower third of the neck, without evidence of any other congenital abnormalities. The appearance of sinuses in association with heterotopic salivary-gland tissue suggests that its embryologic origin may be from the branchial clefts. Surgical treatment is recommended.