Neck mass

Neck mass is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

To view the entire topic, please or .

Emergency Central is a collection of disease, drug, and test information including 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, Davis’s Drug, McGraw-Hill Medical’s Diagnosaurus®, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, and MEDLINE Journals created for emergency medicine professionals. Explore these free sample topics:

-- The first section of this topic is shown below --

DDx

  • Reactive lymphadenopathy, eg, pharyngitis, tuberculous lymphadenitis (scrofula), cat-scratch disease, Lyme disease
  • Lymphoma
  • Skin abscess
  • Parotitis
  • Goiter, thyroiditis, or thyroid tumor
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst
  • Metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma in mouth, pharynx, larynx, upper esophagus
  • Metastatic thyroid carcinoma
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Cervical rib
  • Zenker's diverticulum
  • Carotid artery aneurysm
  • Carotid body tumor
  • Autoimmune adenopathy
  • Kikuchi's disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis)
  • Esophageal diverticulum

-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please or --

DDx

  • Reactive lymphadenopathy, eg, pharyngitis, tuberculous lymphadenitis (scrofula), cat-scratch disease, Lyme disease
  • Lymphoma
  • Skin abscess
  • Parotitis
  • Goiter, thyroiditis, or thyroid tumor
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst
  • Metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma in mouth, pharynx, larynx, upper esophagus
  • Metastatic thyroid carcinoma
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Cervical rib
  • Zenker's diverticulum
  • Carotid artery aneurysm
  • Carotid body tumor
  • Autoimmune adenopathy
  • Kikuchi's disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis)
  • Esophageal diverticulum

There's more to see -- the rest of this entry is available only to subscribers.