From: Unusual presentation of a first branchial arch fistula with maxillofacial infection: a case report
Author | Date | Age | Complaints of presentation | Description the course of FBCAs |
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Fastenberg [9] | 2016 | 3-year-old | Pain in the right ear and swelling in the postauricular area | A fistula track into the osteocartilaginous junction of the ear canal |
Faruque [10] | 2019 | 12-year-old | A draining cervical pit | Fistulas opening to the Eustachian tube |
Watanabe [11] | 2017 | 14-month-old | Redness and swelling in the left neck area | Fistula extending from a cutaneous opening in the left submandibular area penetrating the submandibular gland, and ending in the pharyngeal cavity |
Fanous [1] | 2020 | 6-year-old | Left conductive hearing loss and an ipsilateral painful cervical mass | A presumed ear canal cholesteatoma in association with an abnormal bony canal and a pharyngeal cyst |
Chaouki [12] | 2021 | 3-year-old | Recurrent right lateral cervical infection | A fistulous path underthe facial nerve and ends under the digastric muscle |
Roche [13] | 2016 | 4-year-old | Recurrent left neck abscesses and palpable persistent submandibular swelling | Duplication of the external ear canal running medial to the facial nerve |
Zhang [14] | 2020 | 19-year-old | A mass behind the right earlobe and recurrent postauricular swelling and pain | The mass originated from the stylomastoid foramen and adhered to the posterior surface of the parotid gland, invading the temporal bone |
Muranishi [15] | 2020 | 8-year-old | An infectious epidermal cyst | A cord structure attached to subcutaneous tissue at the intertragal notch, no opening to the external auricular canal |