Fifteen-minute consultation: The infant with a neck lump. Issue 5 (28th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reynolds, Sarah; Yap, Darren; Marikar, Dilshad; Roland, Damian
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 105:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 258
• Page End: 261
• Publication Date: 2019-11-28
• Subjects: cyst -- infant neck lump -- vascular -- tumour -- infective; Pediatrics -- Practice -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-316827
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-0585

Abstract

Abstract : Studying head and neck anatomy may be a distant memory and clinicians can struggle with how to approach neck lumps diagnostically. This article gives a brief guide to common (and rare but serious) causes of neck lumps in infancy, their identification and management.