A cervical cyst in a horse.

Introduction The occurrence of congenital cervical cysts is well documented in man (2, 3, 10, 11). Fluid filled cysts in the neck of dogs are not regarded as rare (1, 4, 8), and branchiogenic mucous cysts in domestic animals, having a cuticular mucous membrane, are referred to by Nieberle and Cohrs (9). This report describes a cyst in the neck of a horse. The cyst has some characteristics of a congenital epithelial cyst while also resembling a salivary mucocele.

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