Bone & joints
Other nonneoplastic
Cartilaginous rest
Author: Dariusz Borys, M.D.
Last author update: 1 June 2012
Last staff update: 29 December 2020
Copyright: 2003-2023, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Cartilaginous rest[title]
Cite this page: Borys D. Cartilaginous rest. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bonecartilaginousrest.html. Accessed June 1st, 2023.
Definition / general
- Also known as wattle, cervical auricle, persistent branchial cartilage and cervical tab
- Represents abnormal development of embryonic branchial apparatus
- Usually present at birth as asymptomatic skin colored subcutaneous nodules, typically located on lower third of neck
Case reports
- 3 year old boy in neck (The Internet Journal of Surgery 2007;10:1)
- 6 year old boy in neck (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:e438)
