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Congenital midline cervical cleft: clinical approach to a congenital anterior neck defect.
Congenital anomalies - 1 May 2015
Crippa Beatrice Letizia, Bedeschi Maria Francesca, Cantarella Giovanna, Colombo Lorenzo, Agosti Viola, Amodeo Ilaria, Fumagalli Monica, Mazzola Isabella, Mosca Fabio
Abstract excerpt
Numerous malformations can affect the anterior part of the neck presenting at birth as a real diagnostic challenge for the pediatrician or the primary care physician who initially evaluate the baby. Congenital midline cervical cleft represents a rare defect of the midline neck, which is sometimes wrongly diagnosed as a thyroglossal duct anomaly, dermoid cyst, branchial cleft anomaly or "birthmark". A prompt...
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