Apreviously healthy 3-week-old child presented to the emer-gency room for evaluation of
acute-onset left-sided neck swelling. The parents initially noticed it during the previous week …

Neck masses in children usually fall into one of three categories: developmental,
inflammatory/reactive, or neoplastic. Common congenital developmental masses in the neck …

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons frequently deal with patients who present with an unknown
neck mass. Formulation of a differential diagnosis is essential and requires that the surgeon …

Background: The head and neck constitute a broad anatomic region, which encompasses
many aero digestive, salivary gland, lymphatic, endocrine, nervous, and vascular structures …

A29-YEAR-OLD WHITE MAN PRESENTED WITH a 12-month history of a left-sided cervi-cal
mass. He was asymptomatic and denied having pain, dysphagia, dyspnea, or cough …

To THE EDITOR: I read with pleasure the article,“The Adult Neck Mass" in American Family
Physician. I would like to add a few facts that family physicians might find useful. In patients …

A 15-year-old otherwise healthy boy presents to plastic surgery clinic with a 1-year history of
a painless, but enlarging submental neck mass. He denies pain, odynophagia, dysphagia …

Family physicians frequently encounter neck masses in adult patients. A careful medical
history should be obtained, and a thorough physical examination should be performed. The …

Biopsy is often necessary to diagnose correctly a lump in the neck. Certain tumors, however,
have characteristics by which they may be recognized. Midline tumors are rarely due to …