<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Neck pathology in children involves many diseases with similar clinical expression. Different disorders in paediatric practice may be clinically manifested by a cervical tumefaction. The cervical tumefaction can be represented by adenopathies or tumors. Cervical adenopathies may be unilateral or bilateral; the cause of their occurrence may be infectious, inflammatory, tumoral or may be associated with rare diseases. Tumoral cervical tumefactions can be represented by: congenital cervical cysts and fistulae, cystic lymphangiomas, thyroid swellings, malformations and cervical tumors detected antenatally. A correct diagnosis is established after a complete clinical and paraclinical assessment. In this article the authors make a review of the types of cervical tumefactions in children, emphasising the diagnostic protocol.</p></abstract>

Neck pathology in children involves many diseases with similar clinical expression. Different disorders in paediatric practice may be clinically manifested by a cervical tumefaction. The cervical tumefaction can be represented by adenopathies or tumors. Cervical adenopathies may be unilateral or bilateral; the cause of their occurrence may be infectious, inflammatory, tumoral or may be associated with rare diseases. Tumoral cervical tumefactions can be represented by: congenital cervical cysts and fistulae, cystic lymphangiomas, thyroid swellings, malformations and cervical tumors detected antenatally. A correct diagnosis is established after a complete clinical and paraclinical assessment. In this article the authors make a review of the types of cervical tumefactions in children, emphasising the diagnostic protocol.

The diagnosis of a cervical tumefaction in children

”Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

ENT Sarafoleanu Medical Clinic, Bucharest, Romania

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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Neck pathology in children involves many diseases with similar clinical expression. Different disorders in paediatric practice may be clinically manifested by...

The diagnosis of a cervical tumefaction in children

Published Online: May 09, 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjr-2015-0001

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