title: [Cervical tumoration as consultation symptom. Our experience].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A cervical tumoration is a frequent symptom presented by patients of different ages.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Analyse the clinical, diagnostical and treatment aspects of patients affected by cervical tumoration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of a serie of cases during 10 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 182 patients, affected by cervical tumoration, were analysed. The 60% were men and the 40% women with 45 years average. The benign pathology more frequent was the branchial cyst and the malign were the metastasis of epidermoide carcinoma. The diagnostic and therapeutic procedures utilized are analysed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An anamnesis and a minoutious exploration diminish in great measure the diagnostic possibilities. The TAC and the PAAF are diagnostic methods of great value in the study of a cervical tumoration and facilitate an adequate scheme of treatment, that is essential for a good prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada. manopa@teleline.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padilla Romero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Amador García
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bracero Robledo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortés Sánchez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avila Espín
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santaella Sáez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mira Escartí
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salinero Hernández
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed