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Quiste branquiógeno - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Seno o fístula de la hendidura branquial

Definición:

Es una protuberancia que se presenta en el cuello o justo por debajo de la clavícula y es un tipo de defecto congénito.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Los quistes branquiógenos se forman durante el desarrollo del embrión y ocurren cuando los tejidos en el área del cuello y la clavícula (hendidura branquial) no logran desarrollarse normalmente.

El defecto congénito puede aparecer como espacios abiertos llamados senos de la hendidura branquial, los cuales se pueden desarrollar en uno o en ambos lados del cuello. Un quiste branquiógeno se puede formar a partir del líquido que drena de un seno y tanto el quiste como el seno pueden resultar infectados.

  • Fecha de revisión: 10/11/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Deirdre O’Reilly, MD, MPH, Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Rakel RE. Textbook of Family Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2005:466.

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:1772.

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