Pediatric Neck Masses Flashcards
When you do a head and neck exam where should you start
begin away from mass and work towards mass
what might be a possible cause of a mass anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle
branchial cleft remnant
what might be a possible cause of a mass posterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Lyphangioma/cystic hygroma
What is the most common congenital neck mass?
Thyroglossal duct cyst
where is thyroglossal duct cyst located
midline
- infrahyoid most common
when does thyroglassal duct cyst present
during childhood, usually before 10 years of age
embryology: what does the thyroglassal duct connect
developing thyroid gland and foramen cecum
what happens 5th week gestsation
thyroglossal loses its lumen and fragments
What does the mesoderm form?
hyoid bone
what does hyoid bone divide
duct into suprahyoid and infrahyoids
when does the attenuated duct atrophy
8th week gestation
Thyroglassal duct cyst is what type of cyst
epithelial lined cyst
Thyroglassal duct cyst is a result from what failure
failure of normal obliteration of thyroglassal duct during development
clinical presentation for thyroglassal duct cyst
painless
if infected- red warm painful lump
- MOVES SUPERIORLY WITH SWALLOWING OR PROTRUSION OF TONGUE
- associated with ectopic thyroid
what is used to diagnose thyroglossal duct cyst
ultrasound
what causes Dermoid
outer layers of skin do not properly grow together
What is in a dermoid
epithelium lined
- tissues, hair follicles, sebaceous, sweat glands ( secrete their stuff which makes dermoid grow)
on physical exam what is special about dermoid
move independently with skin
what is the second most common site for Dermoid
neck
how is dermoid treated
excision
how is thyroglossal duct cyst treated
surgical resection
when does branchial cleft cyst present
at birth, may present later
define branchial cleft cyst
epithelial lined cyst on lateral neck
what causes branchial cleft cyst
failure of obliteration of one of the branchial clefts
cyst
no external or internal opening
sinus
internal or external opening
fistula
both internal and external opening
what is the most common first branchial cleft cyst
type 2
what is type 2 first branchial cleft cyst
ectoderm and mesoderm
location of type 2 first branchial cleft cyst
- below angle of mandible
- inferior to external auditory canal or at the bony cartilaginous junction of external auditory canal
what is the most common type of branchial cleft cyst
second branchial cleft cyst
location of second branchial cleft cyst
- inferior to angle of mandible and anterior to the SCM
treatment for second branchial cleft cyst
surgical excision
location of third branchial cleft cyst
anterior to SCM
typically lower in neck than 2nd
- more common on left side
what is the difference between 3 and 2 branchial cleft cyst
3rd will end in pharynx at thyrohyoid membrane
how does third branchial cleft cyst present
recurrent lower neck infection-polymicrobial
what is cystic hygroma
lymphatic malformation
- failure of lymphatic system to connect to venous system
- multi-loculated lymphatic lesion
where are cystic hygroma usually found
- left posterior triangle of neck
when can cystic hygroma be diagnosed
prenatal, seen in ultrasound