PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ji Hoon Shin
AU  - Ho Kyu Lee
AU  - Sang Yoon Kim
AU  - Hyung Wook Park
AU  - Shin Kwang Khang
AU  - Choon Gon Choi
AU  - Dae Chul Suh
TI  - Parapharyngeal Second Branchial Cyst Manifesting as Cranial Nerve Palsies: MR Findings
DP  - 2001 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 510--512
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/3/510.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/3/510.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Mar 01; 22
AB  - Summary: We report the MR findings of parapharyngeal branchial cleft cyst manifesting as multiple, lower cranial nerve palsies in a 35-year-old woman. On MR images, a well-marginated cystic mass was detected in the right parapharyngeal space, with displacement of both the right internal carotid artery and the right internal jugular vein on the posterolateral side. The cyst contained a whitish fluid that was slightly hyperintense on T1-weighted images and slightly hypointense to CSF on T2-weighted images. No enhancement on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images was present. The right side of the tongue showed high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, suggesting denervation.