Korean Journal of Dermatology  1988;26(5):755-758

A Case of Cervical Tab.

Mi Sook CHANG ; Sang Hyun CHO ; Hyung Ok KIM ; Chung Won KIM

Keywords

Cervical tab; Supraclavicular area

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Cervical tab is one of the congenital anomalies, originated from an accessory tragus or a remnant of branchial cartilage on the head a.nd neck. A 41 year old male patient was seen with 1.1 x0.8cm sized cartilage consistent intredermal nodule on the left supraclavicular area. Histopathologic findings showed the oval shaped cartilags surrounded with connective tissue and interstitial substance stained black with Verhoeff van Gieson stain.