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Revision as of 00:25, 12 August 2016
Background
- Common complaint seen in primary care medicine
- Important to recognize acutely life threatening etiologies, treatable disease, and potential for malignancy
Clinical Features
- Anatomy helpful in determining etiology
- Anterior and posterior cervical triangles divided by SCM
- Associated symptoms based on etiology:
- Pain
- Skin changes
- Stridor
- Hoarseness
- Fever
- URI symptoms
- Weight loss/night sweats
- Important to distinguish chronicity
Differential Diagnosis
- Acute
- Reactive lymphadenopathy
- Viral URI
- EBV
- ]]CMV]]
- Strep/staph
- ]]HIV]]
- Toxoplasmosis
- Bartonella henselae
- Tuberculosis
- Sialadenitis (can also be chronic)
- Trauma-related
- Hematoma
- Pseudoaneurysm or AV fistula
- Reactive lymphadenopathy
- Subacute (weeks to months)
- Cancer
- HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma
- Upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma
- Metastatic disease
- Lymphoma
- Parotid tumors
- Systemic diseases
- Amyloidosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjögren syndrome
- Cancer
- Chronic
- Thyroid nodules or cancer
- Goiters
- Grave's disease
- Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Iodine deficiency
- Lithium use
- Toxic multinodular
- Congenital cysts
- Branchial cleft cyst
- Thyroglossal duct cyst
- Dermoid cyst
- Carotid body tumor
- Glomus jugulare or vagale tumor
- Laryngocele
- Lipoma/liposarcoma
- Parathyroid cysts or cancer
Evaluation
Management
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
<Haynes J, Arnold KR, Aguirre-oskins C, and Chandra S. Evaluation of neck masses in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2015 May 15;91(10):698-706.>