BRANCHIAL FISTULA

Abstract
This report is made because of the infrequent occurrence of the complete branchiogenic fistula with the external and internal openings present and without cystic enlargement throughout the fistulous tract. The case which I am reporting has the distinctive characteristics of the complete branchiogenic fistula. Six patients with this condition were operated on in the Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary during the years 1926 to 1931. According to Thompson,1 a satisfactory classification of cysts of the neck of branchials origin is:

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