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Differentiating neck masses from other Diseases

Differential diagnosis of neck masses include:

Category Diseases Etiology Benign Malignant Clinical manifestation Paraclinical findings Gold standard diagnosis Associated findings
Demography History Symptoms Signs Lab findings Histopathology Imaging
Mass Pain Dysphagia Mass exam Skin changes LAP Others
Congenital Branchial cleft cyst
Thyroglossal duct cyst
Hemangioma
Vascular malformations
Lymphatic malformations
Laryngocele
Ranula
Teratoma
Dermoid cyst
Thymic cyst
Category Diseases Etiology Benign Malignant Demography History Mass Pain Dysphagia Mass exam Skin changes LAP Others Lab findings Histopathology Imaging Gold standard diagnosis Associated findings
Acute sialadenitis
Chronic sialadenitis
Inflammatory Reactive viral lymphadenopathy CMV
EBV
HIV
Viral URI
Bacterial lymphadenopathy Tularemia
Brucellosis
Cat-scratch disease
  • Bartonella henselae infection
Actinomycosis
Mycobacterial infections
Staphylococcal or streptococcal infection
Parasitic lymphadenopathy Toxoplasma gondii
Sarcoidosis
Amyloidosis
Sjögren syndrome
Castleman disease (angiofollicular lymphoproliferative disease)
Kikuchi disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis)
Kimura disease
Rosai-Dorfman disease
Kawasaki disease
Category Diseases Etiology Benign Malignant Demography History Mass Pain Dysphagia Mass exam Skin changes LAP Others Lab findings Histopathology Imaging Gold standard diagnosis Associated findings
Neoplasm Primary thyroid tumor
Salivary gland neoplasm Pleomorphic adenoma +
Warthin's tumor +
Lymphoepithelioma +
Oncocytoma
Monomorphic adenoma
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma
Salivary duct carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Parathyroid tumors
Carotid body tumors
Paraganglioma
Schwannoma
Lymphoma
Liposarcoma
Lipoma
Glomus vagale, glomus jugulare tumors
Metastatic head and neck carcinoma
Other Hematoma
  • Trauma
Arteriovenous fistula
  • Trauma with shearing forces
Goiter
Category Diseases Etiology Benign Malignant Demography History Mass Pain Dysphagia Mass exam Skin changes LAP Others Lab findings Histopathology Imaging Gold standard diagnosis Associated findings

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