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. 2009 Jun 14;61(2):141–146. doi: 10.1007/s12070-009-0054-0

Clinicopathological profile of cervicofacial masses in pediatric patients

Showkat A Showkat 1,✉, Mohammad Lateef 1, Asif A Wani 1, Shafqat A Lone 1, Kanwaljeet Singh 1, Iffat Yousuf 1
PMCID: PMC3450004  PMID: 23120623

Abstract

Four hundred pediatric patients (0-12 years of age) who presented with cervicofacial masses were evaluated clinically and pathologically. Infl ammatory lesions were the commonest (48%) followed by congenital and developmental malformations (26%). In infl ammatory lesions, reactive lymphadenopathy was the commonest (16%) followed by tubercular lymphadenitis (11.5%). In congenital and developmental malformations hemangiomas were the commonest (12%) followed by TG cyst (6.5%). Cystic lesions (non-developmental) constituted 19%, benign neoplastic lesions 7% and malignant neoplastic lesions 2% of the cases. Males predominated the series (53.5%) and commonest age group involved was 10–12 years (20.5%). FNAB was performed in 93% of cases and HPE was available in 51.5% of cases. Sensitivity of FNAB in our series was 87.4%.

Keywords: Cervicofacial masses, Lymphadenopathy FNAB, HPE, Developmental malformations, Cystic lesions

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