Oropharyngeal trauma mimicking a first branchial cleft anomaly

Annual Congress and Medicare Expo on Trauma & Critical Care

March 07-09, 2016 Madrid, Spain

Aisha Yacoub Y S Larem

Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Keynote: J Trauma Treat

Abstract :

We present a unique and challenging case of a remnant foreign body that presented to us in a child disguised as a strongly suspected congenital branchial cleft anomaly. This case, featuring a 2 years old male child, entailed oropharyngeal trauma, with a delayed presentation as a retroauricular cyst accompanied by otorrhea that mimicked the classic presentation of an infected first branchial cleft anomaly. During surgical excision of the presumed branchial anomaly, a large wooden stick was found in the tract. The diagnostic and therapeutic obstacles in the management of such cases are highlighted. In addition to exploring the existing literature, we retrospectively analyzed a plausible explanation of the findings of this case.

Biography :

Aisha Larem is an ORL-HNS Consultant at Qatari nationality. She graduated from Gulf University Otology subspecialty. She is an Associate Program Director and worked as a Fellowship Program Director and is a Clinical Instructor at Weill Corneal at Qatar.