TY - JOUR
T1 - Neck masses
T2 - benign or malignant? Sorting out the causes by age-group
AU - Otto, R. A.
AU - King Bowes, A.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Differential diagnosis of cervical masses varies with the age of the patient. In children, neck masses are most likely to be inflammatory or congenital, and evaluation may include routine laboratory evaluation, skin tests, chest films, computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging of the neck, and, possibly, fine-needle aspiration of the mass. The workup in young adults is similar to that in children. In older patients (>40 years), however, the likelihood of malignant disease increases significantly. These patients should have formal endoscopy with biopsy of any suspicious lesions before an open biopsy of the neck mass is performed.
AB - Differential diagnosis of cervical masses varies with the age of the patient. In children, neck masses are most likely to be inflammatory or congenital, and evaluation may include routine laboratory evaluation, skin tests, chest films, computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging of the neck, and, possibly, fine-needle aspiration of the mass. The workup in young adults is similar to that in children. In older patients (>40 years), however, the likelihood of malignant disease increases significantly. These patients should have formal endoscopy with biopsy of any suspicious lesions before an open biopsy of the neck mass is performed.
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.1990.11716372
DO - 10.1080/00325481.1990.11716372
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 2367255
AN - SCOPUS:0025374715
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 88
SP - 199-202+204
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 1
ER -