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Mark D Mamlouk¹

¹Department of Radiology, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 700 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, L371, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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|September 23, 2023

Summary

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Pediatric neck masses, often cystic and benign, can present as solid or vascular lesions. This review details the clinical and imaging features of these less common pediatric solid and vascular neck masses.

Keywords:

Esthesioneuroblastoma Infantile hemangioma Juvenile nasal angiofibroma Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Neuroblastoma Pediatric neck mass Rhabdomyosarcoma Venous malformation

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Pediatric Radiology
Head and Neck Imaging
Oncology

Background:

Neck masses are common in children, typically congenital, inflammatory, or neoplastic.
Cystic lesions are frequent and usually benign.
Solid masses and vascular lesions are less common, posing diagnostic challenges due to overlapping imaging features.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the clinical presentation of pediatric neck masses.
To outline the imaging patterns of solid and vascular neck masses in children.
To aid in differentiating these less common pediatric neck lesions.

Main Methods:

Review of clinical presentations.
Analysis of imaging patterns (e.g., ultrasound, CT, MRI).
Correlation of imaging findings with diagnoses.

Main Results:

Solid and vascular pediatric neck masses have distinct, yet sometimes overlapping, imaging characteristics.
Understanding these imaging patterns is crucial for accurate diagnosis.
Clinical context aids in differentiating benign from malignant or complex vascular etiologies.

Conclusions:

Imaging plays a pivotal role in evaluating pediatric neck masses.
Differentiating solid and vascular lesions requires careful assessment of imaging features.
This review provides a framework for interpreting these challenging pediatric neck masses.