title: [What would you do with an adult patient who complains of a neck mass?].
abstract: Family physicians frequently encounter patients with neck mass. There are multiple causes that range from no clinical importance to malignant tumours. The critical challenge for the primary care physician is to identify which cases are secondary to malignancies or other serious conditions. With a good knowledge of the complex anatomy of the neck and a careful clinical history, including a complete physical examination, the different causes can be narrowed down, as well as to differentiate between significant and non-significant neck masses and select the appropriate studies. Lymphoma commonly presents as a painless enlarged lump in the neck, as in the case of the patient presented. An algorithm is provided to help practioners.
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, CAP Dr. Lluís Sayé, Atención Primaria, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piera-Salmerón
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, CAP Dr. Lluís Sayé, Atención Primaria, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: ebuil.tarte.ics@gencat.cat.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Buil-Arasanz
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, CAP Jaume I, Atención Primaria, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bobé-Armant
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, CAP Dr. Lluís Sayé, Atención Primaria, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrión-Monllor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005194:Family Practice; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D010808:Physical Examination
keywords: Adenopatías cervicales; Cervical lymphadenopathy; Linfoma; Lymphoma; Neck mass; Tumoración cervical