title: Clinical diagnosis of neck lumps: a practical guide.
abstract: The clinical presentation of a neck mass in a child is obviously not always pathognomonic but a careful clinical appraisal can certainly limit the diagnostic options and reduce the need for complex and sometimes invasive investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedberg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009333:Neck