Tumours of the head and neck in children. A clinico-pathological analysis of 1,007 cases.
Tumours of the head and neck in children are uncommon, representing only 2-3% of all head and neck tumours. During the twenty year period 1964-1983, 12,876 childhood tumours were submitted for pathological diagnosis. Of these 1,007 (7.8%) were in the head and neck region, and it is this group that has been analysed. 30.6% (308 cases) were malignant neoplasms, 27.8% (280 cases) were benign neoplasms, 24.2% (244 cases) presented as tumour-like conditions and 17.4 (175 cases) were dysplasias arising from embryonal remnants. The overall sex ratio was 1.5:1 in favour of males. Lymphomas accounted for 15.9% overall (52.3% of the malignant neoplasms). Of benign tumours, haemangiomas were the most frequent (38.5%) and of the tumour-like conditions, dermoid and epidermoid cysts accounted for 36.1%. Of the embryonal remnant dysplasias, thyroglossal duct cysts accounted for 71.4%.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors