Background: The aim of this research was to assess the pattern of presentation and outcome of Cystic neck swelling in pediatric patients following surgery.
Patients and Methods: This study included 126 patients (69 males and 57 females) their age ranged from 9 days to 16 years with cystic neck swellings and had been treated by Excision in surgical procedure in the Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgical Unit, Pediatric Surgery Unit at Sohag University Hospitals, in the period from March 2014 to March 2019. Analysis of the clinical presentation, the type of neck swelling was done. All patients were eligible for this study.
Results: Total of 126 cases were included in this study, Majority of cases present as midline neck swelling 90 (71.4%) and 31 (24.6%) as lateral neck swelling and 5 (4%) as submandibular swelling, and as regard diagnosis thyroglossal cyst were 82 (65.1%) and 19 (15.1%) were cystic hygroma and 16 (12.7%) were branchial cyst (10 left and 5 right and 1 bilateral) and 8 (6.3%) were dermoid cyst, and one case (0.8%) were cystic teratoma
Conclusion: Surgical resection is the best treatment option not only for esthetic purposes but also to get rid of the recurrent infection and risk of fistula formation and possible pressure on neck structures.