5 Topic Commentaries

Most Miss Streamlined Neck Mass Dx Path

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  Alexandra Kejner, MD, FACS

  Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

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  MUSC Health

  Anyone who has a neck mass, not just in the salivary glands, and doesn’t have any associated infection symptoms, such as pain, fever or purulence and that last more than two weeks, should be seen by an otolaryngologist or oral surgeon.

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  Emily Karp, MD

  Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  These delays in diagnosis lead to delays in treatment decisions. And of course, we always want to get to a correct diagnosis and personalized treatment plan for our patients as quickly as possible.

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  Kathryn Van Abel, MD

  Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  We know from our study, these are the providers who see these patients first and need to have high suspicion for cancer in an adult patient with a new neck mass, especially one with no other symptoms such as fever or malaise, and even more importantly, in one that has been present for two weeks or more.

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  Hayes Martin, MD

  Head and Neck Surgery

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  Memorial Hospital

  asymmetric enlargement of one or more cervical lymph nodes in the adult is almost always cancerous and is usually due to metastasis from a primary lesion in the mouth or pharynx.

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  David Eisele, MD

  Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  Parotid tumors usually do not cause pain. But malignant parotid tumors can invade adjacent structures, including the facial nerve, resulting in facial weakness or paralysis.

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