OBJECTIVES We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent surgery for parotid gland masses. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 50 patients (25 females, 25 males; mean age 48.5 years; range 18 to 76 years) who underwent surgery for parotid gland masses were evaluated with regard to age, sex, preoperative diagnostic methods, histopathologic diagnoses, and surgical techniques. RESULTS Preope...

Objective 1. To provide a classification of pediatric mass of the head and neck region and evaluate their frequency. 2. To examine the findings of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in pediatric patients along with its contribution to diagnosis. Methods Totally, 233 pediatric patients (125 boys and 108 girls) operated at Başkent University for head and neck mass were included. Clinical, rad...

Zenker’s diverticulum is rarely seen in a clinical setting and may mimic a thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is effective in differentiating neck masses, and rarely has complications. FNAC of Zenker’s diverticulum presents with both squamous cells and bacteria while FNAC of thyroid nodular typically presents with follicular cells and colloid. (J Intern Med Taiwan 2016; 27: ...

Branchial cleft cysts are common causes of congenital neck masses in the pediatric population. However, neonatal presentation of branchial cleft cysts is uncommon, but recognizable secondary to acute respiratory distress from airway compression or complications secondary to infection. We report a 1-day-old infant presenting with an air-filled neck mass that enlarged with Valsalva and was not as...

We report the case of a 66-year-old man with a cervical neck mass located behind the left sternocleidomastoid muscle. To exclude malignancy, a full workup, including clinical, radiological, and cytological examination, was performed but failed to provide a definitive diagnosis. Histological analysis following excisional biopsy revealed a benign epithelial cyst, consistent with an atypically loc...

Pilomatricoma, although rare, is the second most frequent benign skin tumor in childhood. It is a hard, painless, slowly progressing subcutaneous tumor that is commonly located in the head-neck region, especially periorbital, and in the upper extremities. Histopathologic characteristics are distinctive. In this study, we performed a retrospective review of the records of our pediatric patients ...

Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy of American males and typically presents with genitourinary symptoms, however, head and neck extension is a rare finding. We present a case of a 53-year-old male initially presenting with a large supraclavicular mass as the only complaint. After an initial non-diagnostic FNA biopsy, PSA levels, histology and immunohistochemical findings...

Pediatric head and neck masses are commonly congenital in origin or of infectious etiology. We present a rare case of benign mesenchymoma in close proximity to the submandibular gland in an otherwise asymptomatic child. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head and neck area revealed a benign lesion, which was later determined to be a benign mesenchymoma on histopathology. The child did wel...

Introduction: Lingual thyroid is the presence of thyroid tissue in the midline anywhere between the circumvallate papillae of tongue and the epiglottis. It occurs due to embryonic failure of normal thyroid tissue to descend from base of tongue to neck. Case report: A 16 year old female presented with dysphagia and a mass was seen at base of tongue. Ultrasound showed absence of normal thyroid gl...

Introduction: Lingual thyroid is the presence of thyroid tissue in the midline anywhere between the circumvallate papillae of tongue and the epiglottis. It occurs due to embryonic failure of normal thyroid tissue to descend from base of tongue to neck. Case report: A 16 year old female presented with dysphagia and a mass was seen at base of tongue. Ultrasound showed absence of normal thyroid gl...