Case Report
Congenital Midline Cervical Cleft: Diagnosis, Pathologic Findings, and Early Stage Treatment
Table 1
Pathologic findings of the parts of the congenital midline cervical cleft.
| Congenital midline cervical cleft portion | Epithelial structures | Mesenchymal structures |
| Cephalic skin tag | Stratified squamous epithelium with parakeratosis | Striated muscle overgrowth |
| Midline cleft | Stratified squamous epithelium with parakeratosis and no adnexae | Bundles of striated muscle Striated muscle in the dermis |
| Caudal end duct | Squamous epithelium with parakeratosis superficially Pseudostratified ciliated epithelium of upper respiratory type at the bottom | Seromucinous glands |
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