Branchioma (Branchial Cleft Cysts)

12/01/2005 - "The local injection of OK-432 was thus found to be an effective treatment for branchial cleft cysts."
12/01/2005 - "Efficacy of OK-432 local injection for the treatment of a neonatal branchial cleft cyst: a case report."
05/01/2006 - "Treatment of branchial cleft cyst with intracystic injection of OK-432."
09/01/2009 - "Sclerotherapy of branchial cleft cysts using OK-432."
05/01/2006 - "The data suggest that branchial cleft cyst (BCC) can be primarily treated with OK-432 sclerotherapy and only the remaining lesions with excision. "

04/25/2009 - "Although p16(INK4A) immunohistochemistry may be helpful in distinguishing oropharyngeal nonkeratinizing SCC from branchial cleft cysts in FNAB specimens, it is not helpful in cases of keratinizing SCC because these cases are typically negative for p16(INK4A)."
04/25/2009 - "p16(INK4A) reactivity in the branchial cleft cyst study set was characterized by focal, strong staining (6 of 21) involving the superficial squamous epithelium. "
04/25/2009 - "A study set comprising 41 resections (15 SCC and 26 branchial cleft cysts) and a test set of 15 FNABs (11 SCC and 4 branchial cleft cysts) were analyzed with p16(INK4A) immunohistochemistry and human papillomavirus (HPV) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/pyrosequencing. "
04/01/2015 - "However, cases of ambiguous p16(INK4a) overexpression are regularly detected in the head and neck: p16(INK4a) expression can be observed in non-malignant tissue, such as tonsillar crypt epithelium and a proportion of branchial cleft cysts. "
04/25/2009 - "All 4 FNABs of branchial cleft cysts were negative for p16(INK4A). "

04/25/2009 - "HPV DNA was identified in 7 of 19 branchial cleft cyst study set cases by PCR/pyrosequencing, but these cases were negative by HPV ISH. "
11/01/2004 - "Image cytometry DNA-analysis of fine needle aspiration cytology to aid cytomorphology in the distinction of branchial cleft cyst from cystic metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective study."
11/01/2002 - "The clinical value of image cytometry DNA analysis in distinguishing branchial cleft cysts from cystic metastases of head and neck cancer."
06/01/2015 - "Immunohistochemical analysis showed both the branchial cleft cyst and papilloma to be positive for p16(INK4A) expression and human papillomavirus DNA. "

12/01/2006 - "The aim of this study is to evaluate, through immunohistochemistry, the expression of TTF-1 in branchial cleft cysts with ectopic normal thyroid tissue, in primary thyroid papillary carcinomas of branchial cleft cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts and in struma ovarii, in order to evaluate the expression of this antigen in extra thyroidal sites."
01/01/2001 - "Cyst fluid levels of carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9, squamous cell carcinoma antigen, and amylase in thyroglossal duct and branchial cleft cysts."

09/01/2000 - "17), and cystic, necrotic schwanommas, can mimic the typical appearance of an infected second branchial cleft cyst. "
05/01/1996 - "This tumour characteristically presents in patients under 40-years-old and in the presence of an occult primary tumour may mimic a branchial cyst. "
07/01/1994 - "Neck swellings which mimic branchial cysts in HIV-positive patients."
05/01/1994 - "Neck swellings which mimic branchial cysts in HIV-positive patients."
11/01/1993 - "Neck swellings which mimic branchial cysts in HIV-positive patients."

01/01/2013 - "We report a rare case of papillary thyroid carcinoma incidentally found within a branchial cleft cyst. "
01/01/2013 - "Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Branchial Cleft Cyst without a Thyroid Primary: Navigating a Diagnostic Dilemma."
01/01/2013 - "We present a very unusual case of a primary papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a left lateral branchial cyst, describing our diagnostic and therapeutic approach for this uncommon clinical entity. "
03/01/2010 - "Papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a branchial cleft cyst."
07/01/2006 - "Papillary thyroid carcinoma of branchial cleft cysts displayed p63-positive foci. "

11/01/2008 - "Branchio-oto-renal syndrome (Melnick-Fraser syndrome) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by syndromic association of branchial cysts or fistulae along with external, middle & inner ear malformations and renal anomalies. "
09/01/2007 - "Branchio-oto-renal syndrome (Melnick-Fraser Syndrome) is a rare Autosomal Dominant disorder characterized by the syndromic association of branchial cysts or fistulae along with external, middle & inner malformations and renal anomalies. "
05/01/2014 - "The association of branchial arch anomalies (branchial cysts, branchial fistulas), hearing loss and renal anomalies constitutes the branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome also known as Melnick Fraser syndrome. "
01/01/2007 - "Branchio-oto-renal syndrome (BOR, Melnick-Fraser syndrome, MIM#113650) refers to a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by branchial cysts or fistulas, hearing loss, external ear malformation, preauricular pits and renal abnormalities. "

12/01/2011 - "We then confirmed papillary carcinoma arising from the branchial cleft cyst through microscopic and immunohistochemical staining with thyroglobulin (TG), thyroid-associated transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and p63. "
07/01/2005 - "Therefore, immunohistochemical stains for TTF-1 and thyroglobulin (TG) were performed on each of the ten thyroglossal duct cysts, branchial cleft cyst and lymph node metastasis of PTC. "
07/01/1989 - "A high concentration of cholesterol without the finding of thyroglobulin or parathyroid hormone in the fluid aspirated from a lateral neck mass suggests a branchial cleft cyst."

07/01/2006 - "Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) and p63 expression in two primary thyroid papillary carcinomas of branchial cleft cysts."
07/01/2005 - "Thyroid transcription factor 1 expression in cystic lesions of the neck: an immunohistochemical investigation of thyroglossal duct cysts, branchial cleft cysts and metastatic papillary thyroid cancer."
12/01/2006 - "Expression of thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) in extra thyroidal sites: papillary thyroid carcinoma of branchial cleft cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts and struma ovarii."

04/25/2006 - "Immunohistochemical staining for GLUT-1 was performed on paraffin-embedded cell blocks of 28 cases with the following cytologic diagnoses: 1) metastatic SCC (11 cases); 2) atypical squamous cells, SCC [corrected] cannot be excluded (6 cases); and 3) cytologic findings consistent with branchial cleft cyst (BCC) (11 cases). "
05/01/1999 - "Using a monoclonal antibody to the p53 protein and a standard avidin-biotin complex technique, immunostaining was performed on paraffin-embedded cell blocks of 20 cases with the following cytologic diagnoses: (1) metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (7 cases); (2) atypical squamous cells, SCC cannot be excluded (7 cases); and (3) cytologic findings consistent with branchial cleft cyst (6 cases). "

10/01/2014 - "The aim of the study is to report the feasibility of endoscope-assisted second branchial cleft cyst resection via a small incision along the skin line on the lateral neck. "
05/01/2012 - "This study evaluates the feasibility of endoscope-assisted second branchial cleft cyst resection via retroauricular approach by comparing it with conventional cervical incision for removal of second branchial cleft cyst. "
12/01/2014 - "From November 2008 to February 2011, 8 patients with second branchial cleft cysts underwent endoscope-assisted resection by way of a posterior occipital approach using an endoscopic technique. "
12/01/2014 - "We report on the endoscope-assisted excision of second branchial cleft cysts by way of a posterior occipital approach. "
12/01/2014 - "Endoscope-assisted excision of second branchial cleft cysts using a hairline approach in the posterior occipital region."

12/01/2012 - "Studies of less invasive procedures for several anomalies are promising including sclerotherapy and endoscopic excision of second branchial cysts, and endoscopic cauterization or sclerotherapy at the piriform opening for third and fourth branchial sinuses. "
09/01/2009 - "Sclerotherapy of branchial cleft cysts using OK-432."
05/01/2006 - "The data suggest that branchial cleft cyst (BCC) can be primarily treated with OK-432 sclerotherapy and only the remaining lesions with excision. "
08/01/2001 - "Marsupialization and iodine sclerotherapy of a branchial cyst in a horse."
08/01/2001 - "Results suggest that marsupialization and iodine sclerotherapy may be a viable alternative to surgical excision in horses with branchial cysts; however, the entire cyst lining must be removed at the completion of sclerotherapy to prevent recurrence and abscess formation."

11/01/2012 - "Notably, a false-positive result was obtained from FNA in a patient who had a final diagnosis of branchial cyst after modified radical neck dissection. "
12/01/2011 - "This article describes a branchial cleft cyst in a laryngectomy/neck dissection specimen. "
12/01/2011 - "After laryngectomy with bilateral neck dissections, the neck specimen contained a right-sided branchial cleft cyst, which was directly invaded by tumor. "
05/01/1998 - "Fifty major neck surgeries were performed (30 thyroidectomies, 10 laryngectomies with or without neck dissection, 3 thyroglossal cyst, 2 branchial cyst, and 5 submandibular gland excisions) under regional anesthesia over a period of 2 years between March 1994 and March 1996. "

10/01/2013 - "Clinicians first interpreted it as branchial cleft cyst, and a cystectomy was performed. "
01/01/2012 - "Here, the authors present one case of papillary carcinoma of thyroid arising from an ectopic thyroid tissue in branchial cleft cyst presented as a swelling in lateral neck diagnosed after cystectomy. "
02/01/1989 - "After a consultation of the literature on branchial cleft defects and double neoplastic pathology, it was decided to report the case of a patient given a cystectomy for bladder cancer (1983) and referred to hospital four years later with branchial cyst that had developed into epidermoid cancer."

05/01/2012 - "The following factors were taken into consideration in the evaluation of the healing process: On average, following surgery, patients stayed in the ward for: 5-7 days after selective removal of lymph nodes, 5 days after removal of branchial cleft cyst or persistent thyroglossal duct, 14 days after total laryngectomy, and 12 days after reconstructive laryngeal surgery. "
12/01/2011 - "This article describes a branchial cleft cyst in a laryngectomy/neck dissection specimen. "
12/01/2011 - "After laryngectomy with bilateral neck dissections, the neck specimen contained a right-sided branchial cleft cyst, which was directly invaded by tumor. "
05/01/1998 - "Fifty major neck surgeries were performed (30 thyroidectomies, 10 laryngectomies with or without neck dissection, 3 thyroglossal cyst, 2 branchial cyst, and 5 submandibular gland excisions) under regional anesthesia over a period of 2 years between March 1994 and March 1996. "