Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature
Neck masses in children can be inflammatory, congenital or neoplastic. When a congenital cyst becomes infected repeatedly, it may mimic inflammatory disease and the diagnosis may be challenging with ultrasound. An increasing incidence of infection with non-tuberculous mycobacterial organisms...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
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| author | Jacopo Cambi Giovanni Monciatti Luca Pelliccia Maria Carla Spinosi Leopoldo Brindisi |
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Neck masses in children can be inflammatory, congenital or neoplastic. When a congenital cyst becomes infected repeatedly, it may mimic inflammatory disease and the diagnosis may be challenging with ultrasound. An increasing incidence of infection with non-tuberculous mycobacterial organisms has been observed in recent decades in children with cervical lymphadenopathy. An ultrasound scan performed during the infectious phase of a mass can be misleading and can lead to an incorrect diagnostic hypothesis with the risk of erroneous medical and surgical therapies. We describe a case of a lateral neck epidermoid cyst mimicking and misdiagnosed as a tuberculous lymphadenopathy at ultrasound scan and treated with primary surgical excision. After surgery, a histological diagnosis of an epidermal cyst was made. There were no signs of recurrence during the 12-month follow-up period. A review of the literature and a proposed practice pathway for lateral cervical lymphadenopathy in children is also reported.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b1b41f1955574598be72a0fd2a3d74572025-08-20T03:01:14ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212016-02-0158110.24953/turkjped.2016.01.013Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literatureJacopo Cambi0Giovanni Monciatti1Luca Pelliccia2Maria Carla Spinosi3Leopoldo Brindisi4Department of ENT, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.Department of ENT, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.Department of ENT, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.Department of ENT, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Neck masses in children can be inflammatory, congenital or neoplastic. When a congenital cyst becomes infected repeatedly, it may mimic inflammatory disease and the diagnosis may be challenging with ultrasound. An increasing incidence of infection with non-tuberculous mycobacterial organisms has been observed in recent decades in children with cervical lymphadenopathy. An ultrasound scan performed during the infectious phase of a mass can be misleading and can lead to an incorrect diagnostic hypothesis with the risk of erroneous medical and surgical therapies. We describe a case of a lateral neck epidermoid cyst mimicking and misdiagnosed as a tuberculous lymphadenopathy at ultrasound scan and treated with primary surgical excision. After surgery, a histological diagnosis of an epidermal cyst was made. There were no signs of recurrence during the 12-month follow-up period. A review of the literature and a proposed practice pathway for lateral cervical lymphadenopathy in children is also reported. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1075childepidermoid cystlymphadenopathynecktuberculosisultrasound |
| spellingShingle | Jacopo Cambi Giovanni Monciatti Luca Pelliccia Maria Carla Spinosi Leopoldo Brindisi Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics child epidermoid cyst lymphadenopathy neck tuberculosis ultrasound |
| title | Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature |
| title_full | Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature |
| title_short | Neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound: Case report and review of literature |
| title_sort | neck epidermoid cyst mimicking tuberculosis at ultrasound case report and review of literature |
| topic | child epidermoid cyst lymphadenopathy neck tuberculosis ultrasound |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1075 |
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