Approaches to diagnosis and management of a lumg in the neck.
Malignancies of the head and neck constitute 15 percent of the malignancies of all patients seen with cancer. Those individuals who present with neck masses deserve appropriate physical and diagnostic work-up before any surgical or therapeutic approaches are contemplated. In the series of patients presented here, only six percent had unknown primary lesions.
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards