title: Initial assessment of a neck mass in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose national recommendations for the initial assessment of a mass in the neck in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comprehensive review of the available literature and consensus discussion with national experts in the field.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Consensus guidelines are proposed concerning the work up of children presenting with a mass in the neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, UCL, Brussels, Belgium. hamoir@orlo.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamoir
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bernheim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vander Poorten
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chantrain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Laer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic