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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Branchial cleft cyst
Clinical signs
  • location: lateral, near the sternocleidoid muscle
  • cyst or sinus
  • sometimes skin tags in a neighbourhood
Histology

Contains fluid, often with cholesterol crystals. Lining is formed by epidermoid epitelium near the surface and ciliated cylindrical epitelium in deeper parts. The wall contains heavy lymphoid infiltrate with follicular centers.

Branchiogenic cyst (14195)