title: Clinicopathological profile of cervicofacial masses in pediatric patients.
abstract: Four hundred pediatric patients (0-12 years of age) who presented with cervicofacial masses were evaluated clinically and pathologically. Infl ammatory lesions were the commonest (48%) followed by congenital and developmental malformations (26%). In infl ammatory lesions, reactive lymphadenopathy was the commonest (16%) followed by tubercular lymphadenitis (11.5%). In congenital and developmental malformations hemangiomas were the commonest (12%) followed by TG cyst (6.5%). Cystic lesions (non-developmental) constituted 19%, benign neoplastic lesions 7% and malignant neoplastic lesions 2% of the cases. Males predominated the series (53.5%) and commonest age group involved was 10-12 years (20.5%). FNAB was performed in 93% of cases and HPE was available in 51.5% of cases. Sensitivity of FNAB in our series was 87.4%.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Srinagar, 190 010 India.
authors.forename: Showkat A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Showkat
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lateef
authors.forename: Asif A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.forename: Shafqat A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: Kanwaljeet
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Iffat
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yousuf
keywords: Cervicofacial masses; Cystic lesions; Developmental malformations; HPE; Lymphadenopathy FNAB