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Neisseria flavescens Infection in Atypical Multiple Vallecular Cysts.


ABSTRACT: A 53 year-old female patient presented with symptoms of intermittent odynophagia and halitosis persisting for 2 months. Physical examination revealed bilateral lingual tonsillar cysts and multiple vallecular cysts with clear fluid. Laboratory studies were unremarkable. The patient underwent surgery, during which uncapping of the multiple vallecular cysts was performed, and multiple microbiological samples and biopsies were taken. After surgery, the patient had complete resolution of all her symptoms. Pathological results demonstrated lymphoepithelial cysts. Microbiological tests demonstrated an infection by Neisseria flavescens, which is a non-pathogenic commensal of the oropharynx, and has never been described as causing agent of infected vallecular cysts.

SUBMITTER: Shemesh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848605 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Neisseria flavescens</i> Infection in Atypical Multiple Vallecular Cysts.

Shemesh Shay S   Marom Tal T   Vaknine Hananya H   Tamir Sharon Ovnat SO  

Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India 20150630 Suppl 1


A 53 year-old female patient presented with symptoms of intermittent odynophagia and halitosis persisting for 2 months. Physical examination revealed bilateral lingual tonsillar cysts and multiple vallecular cysts with clear fluid. Laboratory studies were unremarkable. The patient underwent surgery, during which uncapping of the multiple vallecular cysts was performed, and multiple microbiological samples and biopsies were taken. After surgery, the patient had complete resolution of all her symp  ...[more]

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