Congenital midline cervical cleft.

J Radiol Case Rep

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Published: March 2015

Congenital midline cervical cleft is a rare anomaly that typically presents in the neonatal period as a thin suprasternal vertical band of erythematous skin with a nipple-like projection superiorly, which may exude fluid. We present the clinical and pathophysiologic features and the imaging findings of this uncommon, and rarely described entity in a newborn girl.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v9i3.2202DOI Listing

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