University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC MD Theses Special Collections 5-1-1938 Cervical cysts and fistulae Frederick Dee Koehne University of Nebraska Medical Center This manuscript is historical in nature and may not reflect current medical research and practice. Search PubMed for current research. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses Part of the Medical Education Commons Recommended Citation Koehne, Frederick Dee, "Cervical cysts and fistulae" (1938). MD Theses. 673. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses/673 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in MD Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ,;/'"- CERVICAL CYSTS AND F'ISTULAE FREDERICK DEE KOEHNE Senior Thesis Presented to the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, 1938. / -- / OUTLINE I. Introduction. A. In~oductory statement B. Definition c. Classification 1. Lateral cysts and fistulae 2. Mid-line cysts and fistulae D. Purpose II. Hlsto191' III. Lateral or BM.. nchial Cysts and Fistulae. A. Embryology 1. Normal embryology of the branchial ap parat_us. 2. Cervical Sinus theory--Second branchial cleft. 3. Thymic duct theorr• 4. Any cleft and cervical sinus. B. Pathology C. · S}'Dlptoma , , diagnosis and di ff eren tial diagnosis. D. Treatment~ IV. Mid-line or Thyroglossal duct cysts and fistulae. A. Embryology 1. Normal 2. Theory -~s to origin. B. Pathology 480951 c. Symptoms, di"agnosis and differential diagnosis. D. Treatment. v • sUlllil18.17' • r 1. PAR'r I. Introduction. The subject of Cervical cysts and fistuae has, for the past century, been one for considerable speculation and controversy.