What is throat cancer? Throat cancer is any cancer that forms in the throat. The throat, also called the pharynx, is a 5-inch-long tube that runs from your nose to your neck. The larynx (voice box) and pharynx are the two main places throat cancer forms. Throat cancer is a type of head and neck cancer, which includes cancer of the mouth, tonsils, nose, sinuses, salivary glands and neck lymph nodes. Learn about the types of throat cancer.
Rathke's cleft cyst. A Rathke's cleft cyst is a benign growth found on the pituitary gland in the brain, specifically a fluid-filled cyst in the posterior portion of the anterior pituitary gland. It occurs when the Rathke's pouch does not develop properly and ranges in size from 2 to 40mm in diameter.
The term branchial apparatus refers to the embryologic precursors that develop into the tissue of the neck. Many developmental anomalies of the branchial apparatus have been identified: cysts, fistulas, sinuses, ectopic glands, and malformations of head and neck structures.hen a branchial cleft is not properly involuted, a branchial cleft cyst forms. Occasionally, both the branchial pouch and branchial cleft fail to become involuted, and a complete fistula forms between the pharynx and skin. First branchial cleft cysts. First branchial cleft cysts are divided into type I and type II.