Neck masses in children in Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology records, Warsaw, 1998 to 2002

Anna Bielicka, Małgorzata Dębska, Eliza Brożek, Mieczysław Chmielik

Summary
The most common group of neck tumours in children are inflammatory lesions. In these cases pharmacological treatment is usually sufficient. Tumours requiring surgical treatment relatively more often have a congenital character. Usually they are imperceptible in early childhood, and increase during general or local infection. Among congenital changes the most common are median or lateral neck cysts. Malignant neoplasms of the neck are rarely seen in children, but in the case of a tumour in this region the possibility of a neoplastic proliferation should be checked. In differential diagnosis radiological investigations (ultrasonography, computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance) are helpful. In our study we carried out an analysis of age, sex, case history, character of neck change, methods of diagnosis and treatment.

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