American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 198-200 , May 2008

Fourth branchial cleft sinus: relationship to superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves

This article was presented as a poster at the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, May 21, 2006, in Chicago, IL.

  • Belinda A. Mantle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583, USA. Tel.: +1 412 692 5466; fax: +1 412 692 6074.
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  • Todd D. Otteson, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • David H. Chi, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Received 6 April 2007

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00064-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.05.002

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 198-200 , May 2008

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