Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY Case #7 - 38 year old male with lateral neck mass DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 8.) What is the embryology of a branchial cleft cyst? These cysts arise from the branchial cleft. About 95% of them are from the 2nd branchial cleft which tracts between the internal and external carotid arteries. It may be beneath or anterior to sternocleidomastoid muscle.
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