Giant neck swelling

Giant neck swelling

The most common benign salivary gland tumor is pleomorphic adenoma. They can attain giant proportions and weigh several kilograms. They can cause facial disfigurement and, if untreated, could lead malignant transformation. This image depicts a 7.5 kg pleomorphic adenoma of right submandibular gland with malignant change in a 55-year-old male.

A child with neck swelling.

A patient with a painless neck swelling.

A 26-year-old man who was otherwise healthy developed a painless swelling on the right side of the neck. During the 4 weeks after onset, the swelling increased rapidly in size, and a second smaller swelling developed on its superior aspect. The patient had no comorbid conditions and no constitutional symptoms. He denied a history of any preceding viral illness or head or neck trauma, and he had...

Unusual Cause of Asymptomatic Neck Swelling

Sir, Carotid artery aneurysm is a rare cause of asymptomatic neck mass, which is very often misdiagnosed and underappreciated. We report a case of 57-year-old male patient presented with asymptomatic left sided neck swelling. Examination revealed a firm, non‐tender, non‐pulsatile 6 cm × 4 cm ellipsoid swelling with the presence of carotid bruit [Figure 1]. Computed tomography angiogram and reco...

Diffuse Neck Swelling after Car Accident

The neck connects the head with the trunk, and is easily injuried due to trauma. Herein we reported a case with diffuse neck swelling after car accident. She suffered from progressive dyspnea and cyanosis 3 hours after the accident and needed airway maintenance with tracheostomy. A plain lateral radiograph and computed tomography scan of the neck showed diffuse edema at deep neck spaces. We rev...