A rare case report of Congenital Glossocervical Fistula

Abstract

The vast majority of all branchial disorders are thought to be associated with the second branchial cleft apparatus. Lateral cervical fistula results due to incomplete obliteration of second branchial cleft and pouch. Classically these fistulae have a well-defined pathway through the neck. Most common opening in the oropharynx is the tonsillar fossa. An incomplete branchial fistula is a common anomaly but complete branchial fistula is rare. Here we report a case of a left glossocervical fistula with external opening over anterior border of sternomastoid muscle passing deep to platysma with internal opening at lateral part of base tongue at the level of circumvallate papillae which is very rare.