A Child With a Lateral Neck Mass

Lateral condyle fracture with concomitant postero-medial elbow dislocation in a child: a case report

Simultaneous combination of fracture of the lateral condyle and postero-medial elbow dislocation is a rare event and limited to few reports or case series in the literature. Rarity of the injury also necessitates judicious diagnosis and appropriate management to ensure optimal functional outcome. Various authors have reported about the condition including the management which mostly includes su...

A child with neck swelling.

Giant benign mass of the lateral neck: a case report.

We report the case of a woman aged 32 years with no medical history, who presented to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Timisoara, Romania, accusing pain, right lateral cervical swelling and difficulty in head movements, due to the presence of a giant lateral cervical mass, which had a rapid growth during the last six months. During anamnesis, it was difficult to determine whe...

Differential diagnosis of a mass in the upper lateral neck.

The differential diagnosis and the duration of symptoms are presented for a group of 288 patients encountered over a ten-year period with a mass in the region of the neck behind and below the angle of the mandible. While infections constituted the largest aetiological group (48.3 per cent), 109 cases (37.9 per cent) had some form of neoplasia, with malignancy being found in 48 (16.6 per cent). ...

Myeloid Sarcoma Presenting with Lateral Cervical Mass and Eosinophilia; a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma: Case Report

Myeloid sarcoma is a rare extramedullary tumor of immature myeloid cells. It has been very rarely reported as lateral cervical mass in English literature. Myeloid sarcoma has also been reported with marked eosinophilia. Here we present a 17 year old boy with lateral cervical mass and persistent eosinophilia. The mass was isointense in MRI and homogenously enhanced after contrast injection which...