Meanings of cleft cysts in English

Of the HPV-positive branchial cleft cysts, three exhibited mixed-type integration of HPV.

High-risk type HPV-16 DNA was identified in four of the six branchial cleft cysts analyzed.

These results indicate that infection with high-risk HPV types may be common in branchial cleft cysts.

Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts of pituitary gland are rare, but the visual symptoms are typical findings due to chiasm proximity.

In addition, p16INK4a is not a reliable surrogate marker for HPV infection in branchial cleft cysts.

The aim of the present study was to assess the atypical imaging manifestations of branchial cleft cysts (BCCs) confirmed by pathology.

Second branchial cleft cysts and sinuses rarely present diagnostic problems to the pediatric otolaryngologist as their course is usually predictable based on consistent embryologic development.

Two patients without evidence of HPV infection exhibited weak p16INK4a expression in the superficial cyst-lining cells of branchial cleft cysts.

Objective: To clarify the outcome of all cases of Rathke's cleft cysts (RCC) treated surgically and followed up in Oxford during a long-term period.