Infecected brancial cleft cyst?!
Question:
Infecected brancial cleft cyst?
Anyone here had an infecected brancial cleft cyst?
I had a lump appear very suddenly in my neck a while ago, which was very painful, & after lots of doctors doing tests the head ent doc at royal adelaide finally told me i have a branchial cleft (a feotal abnormality that took 30 years to appear!!) cyct thats become infected. Pain is now gone but lump is still there & doc rekons there gonna cut it out. Just wondering if anyone has had this and how did it go. Have had all the biopsies done & its not cancerous at all (phew!)
Answers:
That's so weird that I see this on here randomly. I just went to the doctor today with, what sounds like, the same thing. Only my lump isn't that painful. I was told it was an infection in my saliva gland and now I'm on a strong round of keflex.
I have googled it and all I'm finding is Branchial Cleft Cysts are usually in children. All the sites I've come up with have been pediatric sites.
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic61.ht...
Now, after reading up on this, it's making me wonder about my own lump. =\
Anyway, I hope all goes well for you, I'm sorry I can't give you a better answer. =(