Dicembre 2018 - Volume XXXVII - numero 10
Pagine elettroniche
1UO di Pediatria, 2UO di ORL, Ospedale degli Infermi di Rimini, AUSL della Romagna
3UOS di Chirurgia Cervicale Dipartimento Chirurgia - UOC di ORL, 4UO di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Roma
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: elena.fabbri@auslromagna.it
Key words: Branchial apparatus anomalies, Recurrent acute suppurative thyroiditis, Pyriform sinus fistulae
The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increase in the inflammation indexes. On each admittance the clinic was characterised by a strict correlation between the onset of the swelling and dysphagia and dysphonia that suggested a malformation of the branchial apparatus. The final operatory and histological diagnosis was that of an anomaly of the third and fourth branchial pouches, associated with pyriform sinus fistulae.
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