Congenital Midline Cervical Cleft: Diagnosis, Pathologic Findings, and Early Stage Treatment

Table 1

Pathologic findings of the parts of the congenital midline cervical cleft.

Congenital midline cervical cleft portion	Epithelial structures	Mesenchymal structures
Cephalic skin tag	Stratified squamous epithelium with parakeratosis	Striated muscle overgrowth
Midline cleft	Stratified squamous epithelium with parakeratosis and no adnexae	Bundles of striated muscle; Striated muscle in the dermis
Caudal end duct	Squamous epithelium with parakeratosis superficially; Pseudostratified ciliated epithelium of upper respiratory type at the bottom	Seromucinous glands