Oropharyngeal penetration and migration of ingested bodies into the neck is extremely rare. This is a case report of a 2-year-old boy who presented with a submental lump 1 day after swallowing a fish bone. The clinical, radiological, and intraoperative findings of the case are discussed. J ...
Thyroid carcinoma in pediatric patients usually manifests as an asymptomatic neck mass. Cervical lymphadenopathy is present in 31.5% of cases. [9] The neck masses are typically discovered incidentally by parents or patients or by physicians during routine physical examination. Vocal cord paralysis in ...
If symptoms suggest a child has neuroblastoma, a physician will conduct further tests to discover the site and extent of the cancer. Among these tests are: CT scan to determine if there is a lump, or mass, in the abdomen or chest. MIBG and/or bone scan to determine all sites of diseas...
However, a lump or swelling in the groin or stomach may be noticed, especially when straining or coughing. It is also one of the most common surgeries performed by pediatric surgeons on children. Hirschsprung’s Disease: This is a congenital condition caused by the absence of nerve cells ...
Case Report: False positive FDG-PET/CT after radiochemotherapy in a patient with non-hodgkin's lumphoma A 53 year old male patient with a known history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the thoracic spine was suspected of recurrent disease because of progres... H Ahmadzadehfar,E Habibi...
It is a soft tissue sarcoma (round cell tumor) arising from the muscle cells. It is seen in children between 2 - 6 years of age and is seen more frequently in males. It occurs in the head, neck, pelvis, and extremities frequently. It usually presents as a lump or a swelling in mos...
evolving patterns of infections, advances in treatment of certain pathologic entities; yet it is important to be current in our understanding of common presentations of disease in children that we may see-for example, the child with a neck lump and those with dermatologic disease or vascular lesio...
The present study focused on analyzing the clinical manifestation, diagnostic measures, treatment modalities, and immediate postoperative consequences of TC. All patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer exhibited the presence of neck lump. Nine patients underwent total thyroidectomy, while ...
CT scan to determine if there is a lump, or mass, in the abdomen or chest. MIBG and/or bone scan to determine all sites of disease, including bones. Urine test for chemical markers of the disease. Bone marrow biopsy: If results of the blood test are not normal, bone marrow may be ...