Soft Tissue Fibrosarcoma Neck Mimicking as Thyroid Swelling

Neck schwannoma mimicking a thyroid tumor

Although we often see patients with neck tumors, neck schwannomas are quite rare. We should keep schwannnoma in mind when we identified tumors on the side of the neck.

Neck nodular lesions mimicking thyroid tumors.

OBJECTIVE Neck nodular lesions may derive from several different tissues, often mimicking thyroid tumor in the preoperative examination. METHODS We described three patients admitted in 2012 to the Department of Endocrine Surgery in Wrocław with nodular lesion in the neck area mimicking tumor of the thyroid gland. RESULTS In the first patient with a tumor in projection on the isthmus and the...

Soft tissue swelling in an Arabian gelding.

Pretracheal tuberculous abcess mimicking a thyroid swelling—A case report

INTRODUCTION Pretracheal tubercular abscess is a rare presentation of extra pulmonary tuberculosis even in TB- endemic areas (WHO, 2014 [3]). It usually presents in posterior triangle group of lymph nodes (Baskota et al., 2004 [2]). PRESENTATION OF CASE We report a case of a lower midline swelling in anterior part of the neck of 6 months duration, with dysphagia of 1 month duration. Radiologi...

Sternocleidomastoid Abscess Mimicking a Thyroid Swelling in a Young Female.

Primary pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of skeletal muscle with acute or subacute clinical course. This usually present with localized abscess.We report a case of an 18 years old female presenting with swelling in midline of neck moving with deglutition mimicking a thyroid swelling. On further investigation patient was confirmed to have sternocleidomastoid myositis. Previous case reports h...