The Face and Neck Vocabulary and Pathology Flashcards
Benign congenital neck cysts found most often near the angle of the mandible
Branchial Cleft Cysts
Enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes
Cervical Lymphadenopathy
The hypofunctioning thyroid nodules seen on a nuclear medicine study that have malignant potential
Cold Nodules
The fluid produced by the thyroid that contains thyroid hormones
Colloid
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
Difficulty breathing
Dyspnea
A rare, pediatric fibrous tumor located within the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Fibromatosis Colli
An enlarged hyperplastic thyroid gland
Goiter
The most common cause of hyperthyroidism that produces bulging eyes, heat intolerance, nervousness, weight loss, and hair loss
Graves Disease
The most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
The hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules seen on a nuclear medicine study that are almost always benign
Hot Nodules
A condition that results from the over production of thyroid hormones
Hyperthyroidism
A condition that results from the under production of thyroid hormones
Hypothyroidism
The most common malignancy of the salivary glands; typically starts in the parotid glands
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
The most common form of thyroid cancer
Papillary Carcinoma
Benign and most frequent tumor of the salivary glands; most commonly seen in the parotid glands
Pleomorphic Adenoma
Round, punctuate calcific deposits
Psammoma Bodies
Marked with dots
Punctuate
A normal variant of the thyroid gland in which there is a superior extension of the isthmus
Pyramidal Lobe
Nuclear medicine study in which a radiopharmaceutic is used to examine the thyroid gland
Scintigraphy
Inflammation of the salivary glands
Sialadenitis
Benign, painless enlargement of the salivary glands
Sialadenosis
Salivary duct stones
Sialoithiasis
The main duct of the parotid gland
Stensen Duct
Benign congenital cysts located within the midline of the neck superior to the thyroid gland and near the hyoid bine
Thyroglossal Duct Cysts
The embryonic duct that is located from the base of the tongue to the midportion of the anterior neck
Thyroglossal Duct
The sonographic appearance of hypervascularity demonstrated with color Doppler imaging of the thyroid gland
Thyroid Inferno
The surgical removal of the thyroid or part of the thyroid
Thyroidectomy
Twisted neck
Torticollis
The duct that drains the submandibular gland
Wharton Duct
