title: Ultrasonographic assessment of neck masses.
abstract: Fourteen patients are presented to illustrate the usefulness of ultrasonography in assessing masses of the neck. Included are five patients with primary tumors, two with metastasis to a cervical node, three with cervical adenitis, two with simple cysts, and two with hematoma related to endarterectomy for occlusive disease of the carotid artery.
mesh_terms: D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009333:Neck; D014463:Ultrasonography