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*Cystic [[squamous cell carcinoma]] - may be deceptively benign appearing.<ref name=pmid19593684>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pietarinen-Runtti | first1 = P. | last2 = Apajalahti | first2 = S. | last3 = Robinson | first3 = S. | last4 = Passador-Santos | first4 = F. | last5 = Leivo | first5 = I. | last6 = Mäkitie | first6 = AA. | title = Cystic neck lesions: clinical, radiological and differential diagnostic considerations. | journal = Acta Otolaryngol | volume = 130 | issue = 2 | pages = 300-4 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00016480903127450 | PMID = 19593684 }}</ref> | *Cystic [[squamous cell carcinoma]] - may be deceptively benign appearing.<ref name=pmid19593684>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pietarinen-Runtti | first1 = P. | last2 = Apajalahti | first2 = S. | last3 = Robinson | first3 = S. | last4 = Passador-Santos | first4 = F. | last5 = Leivo | first5 = I. | last6 = Mäkitie | first6 = AA. | title = Cystic neck lesions: clinical, radiological and differential diagnostic considerations. | journal = Acta Otolaryngol | volume = 130 | issue = 2 | pages = 300-4 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00016480903127450 | PMID = 19593684 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]] (PTC) arising in a brachial cleft cyst<ref name=pmid20187788>{{Cite journal | last1 = Park | first1 = J. | last2 = Kwon | first2 = SY. | last3 = Kim | first3 = NH. | last4 = Baik | first4 = SH. | last5 = Choi | first5 = DS. | title = Papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a branchial cleft cyst. | journal = Thyroid | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 347-9 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1089/thy.2009.0124 | PMID = 20187788 }}</ref> - uncommon, looks like PTC in the thyroid. | |||
*[[Epidermal inclusion cyst]]. | |||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
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**May be done to exclude a [[HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]]. | **May be done to exclude a [[HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]]. | ||
*Ki-67 low. | *Ki-67 low. | ||
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<pre> | |||
Right Neck Mass, Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA): | |||
- Benign squamous cells and debris admixed in a background of inflammatory cells. | |||
- Moderately cellular specimen. | |||
Comment: | |||
The differential diagnosis includes branchial cleft cyst and epidermal inclusion | |||
cyst. Clinical correlation is required. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||