بررسی توده های گردنی در بیمارستان تو تونکاران رشت طی سالهای ۷2-۷5

ABSTRACT 182 patients who had referred to Tutonkaran Hospital with complaints of tumor in the neck during a period of three years (1372-1375)and had ultimately undergone surgery, were included in a study .Age , sex presenting symptoms , site of tumor in the neck , geographical distribution ,original complaints and physical examination were scrutinized and all paraclinical studies were made . Most of them had undergone FNA prior to surgery. Results were ultimately compared with final pathological diagnosis . Patients were divided into three groups:Group I between ages 4 to 15 years; Group II between ages 16 to 40 years ;Group III between ages 40 and above. Results were as follows : The most common tumors of neck were neoplastic ones in group 1 , the most common tumors were congenital thyroglossal cysts. The most common neoplasms were those of thyroid and salivary glands. Among neoplasms , benign lesions were more common. But benign and malignant lesions were more common in females than in males, and relation of benign to malignant tumor in both sexes was 1:12. Inflammatory tumors were more common in groups II than those in other two groups. They comprised of infections inflammation and non specific tumors of salivary and lymphatic glands As regards to site of tumors 85% were in anterior triangle and the remaining were in posterior triangle. Over 50% of tumors in posterior triangle were of neoplastic type.