Beta
112687

Impact of ultrasound in diagnosis of pediatric superficial masses in head and neck.

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Neck masses are frequently encountered in pediatric medicine, and can present a diagnostic dilemma for the clinicians involved. Aim: to determine the impact of ultrasound in diagnosis of superficial masses in head and neck in pediatric. Methods: This is a review article. The search was performed using MEDLINE, Embase, Pubmed and CINAHL Plus in the same date range with the following medical terms: “Ultrasound; Pediatric; mass; head; neck", including articles from 2000 to 2019. Results: In this review, the US findings are described for a variety of common and uncommon pediatric head and neck masses diagnosed in our practice. Specifically, the entities covered include neonatal scalp hematoma, craniosynostosis, dermoid and epidermoid cysts, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, lymph nodes and their complications, fibromatosis colli, thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft cyst, cervical thymus, congenital goiter, thyroid papillary carcinoma, parathyroid adenoma, hemangioma, lymphangioma, jugular vein phlebectasia, acute parotitis, leukemia and/or lymphoma, neurogenic tumor, and rhabdomyosarcoma. Conclusion: Duplex US has emerged as the first-line imaging modality for the evaluation of superficial pediatric masses. Without the use of ionizing radiation, iodinated contrast material, or sedation and/or anesthesia, this safe, quick, and cost-effective imaging modality allows rapid evaluation and characterization of masses.

DOI

10.21608/bmfj.2020.112687

Keywords

Ultrasound, Pediatric, Mass, head, neck

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Farid

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Email

faridradiology@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Shalaan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Email

ahmedelsayedshalaan@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shirin

Last Name

Khedr

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

37

Article Issue

special issue (Radiology)

Related Issue

17628

Issue Date

2020-10-01

Receive Date

2020-09-15

Publish Date

2020-10-01

Page Start

63

Page End

76

Print ISSN

1110-208X

Online ISSN

2357-0016

Link

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/article_112687.html

Detail API

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=112687

Order

7

Type

Original Article

Type Code

787

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Benha Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023