Complete Congenital Third Branchial Fistula: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Fistulae arising from the second branchial apparatus are the most common anomalies than those arising from the third and fourthbranchial apparatus. Third branchial fistula is extremely rare in occurrence.1 Complete fistulae are uncommon as in the majority of casesthe tracts end blindly. Here, we report a case of complete congenital third branchial fistula on left side of the neck with an internal openingnear left pyriform fossa in a 12-year-old male patient.