General Surgery Flashcards
1
Q
What are the differential diagnoses for mid-line neck lumps?
A
- Lipoma
- Sebaceous cyst
- Inclusion dermoid (sebaceous cyst in embryological midline)
- Implantation dermoid
- Thyroid isthmus nodule
- Encapsulated synovial fluid cyst (ganglion)
- Lymph node
- Thyroglossal cyst
2
Q
What are the differential diagnoses for lateral neck lumps?
A
- Branchial cyst (can rupture into sinus)
- Thyroid nodule (two lobes)
- Lymph nodes
- Cystic higroma (base of neck)
- Submandibular gland enlargement
