Endoscopic Marsupialization of a Nasopharyngeal Branchial Cleft Cyst Using a Drug-Eluting Stent

A 78-year-old female presented with a nasopharyngeal branchial cyst incidentally discovered on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluation of right-sided headaches. A careful history revealed complaints of occasional right-sided aural fullness. T2-weighted MRI revealed a 2 × 1 × 1 cm hyperintens...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ear, nose, & throat journal nose, & throat journal, 2022-03, Vol.101 (3), p.NP110-NP111
Main Authors: Haught, Erica, Stevens, Levi, Turner, Meghan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Branchial Region
Branchioma - surgery
Carotid arteries
Case reports
Cysts
Drug-Eluting Stents
Endoscopy
Headaches
Humans
Magnetic resonance imaging
Nasopharynx
Nose
Otolaryngology
Stents
Throat
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A 78-year-old female presented with a nasopharyngeal branchial cyst incidentally discovered on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluation of right-sided headaches. A careful history revealed complaints of occasional right-sided aural fullness. T2-weighted MRI revealed a 2 × 1 × 1 cm hyperintense mass extending along the Eustachian tube and abutting the parapharyngeal internal carotid artery (Figure 1). Nasopharyngoscopy revealed a pulsatile right-sided nasopharyngeal mass effacing the fossa of Rosenmuller with mass effect on the Eustachian tube orifice. She underwent an endoscopic-assisted biopsy with marsupialization of the nasopharyngeal cyst using a 4-mm PROPEL mini mometasone-eluting sinus stent (Intersect ENT Inc).
ISSN:0145-5613
1942-7522
DOI:10.1177/0145561320948762