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HELP WITH CT SOFT TISSUE NECK

Posted By: RADMT2 on 2008-08-24
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Subject: HELP WITH CT SOFT TISSUE NECK

Doc says "The lesion appears to s/l indaginate?? the parotid.  The findings are most compatible with branchial clef cyst.  Differential diagnosis would include lymphoproliferative cyst...."


 


Thanks in advance!!!




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