R Mirochnik, S Araida, V Yaffe, S Yanga, El-Naaj Abu
Differential diagnosis of lateral neck masses is vast, it may be one of many possible pathologies, it may appear in any age group and could be a presentation of a congenital, inflamed or a reactive structure, salivary gland pathology and of a traumatic or an latrogenic origin. Neck mass in adults of 40 years old or older require an immediate attention, the primary concern is of a metastatic dissemination of a local or a distant primary malignancy, in 74% the primary is local and in 11% distant. A 43 years old male, otherwise healthy, was admitted to the ER with a chief complain of a right submandibular mass, presenting over 3 weeks...
July 2016: Journal of the Israel Dental Association