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Congenital aberrantly located cutaneous Stensen's duct orifice--a newly described anomaly. 1987

K M Grundfast, and C S Barber, and S P Kubicki

Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010.

A case of a child born with an aberrant, cutaneous Stensen's (parotid) duct orifice and ipsilateral preauricular skin tags is reported. This congenital anomaly has been reported in the medical literature only once previously. Possible explanations for pathogenesis of this unusual anomaly are discussed and a simple method of surgical correction is described.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D010306	Parotid Gland	The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately below and in front of the EAR.	Gland, Parotid,Glands, Parotid,Parotid Glands
D002828	Choristoma	A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.	Aberrant Tissue,Ectopic Tissue,Heterotopic Tissue,Aberrant Tissues,Choristomas,Ectopic Tissues,Heterotopic Tissues,Tissue, Aberrant,Tissue, Ectopic,Tissue, Heterotopic,Tissues, Aberrant,Tissues, Ectopic,Tissues, Heterotopic
D004423	Ear	The hearing and equilibrium system of the body. It consists of three parts: the EXTERNAL EAR, the MIDDLE EAR, and the INNER EAR. Sound waves are transmitted through this organ where vibration is transduced to nerve signals that pass through the ACOUSTIC NERVE to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The inner ear also contains the vestibular organ that maintains equilibrium by transducing signals to the VESTIBULAR NERVE.	Vestibulocochlear System,Vestibulocochlear Apparatus,Apparatus, Vestibulocochlear,Ears,System, Vestibulocochlear
D005153	Facial Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the FACE.	Facial Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Facial,Neoplasms, Facial
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man