J Surg Ultrasound.  2022 May;9(1):1-7. 10.46268/jsu.2022.9.1.1.

Ultrasound Evaluation of Miscellaneous Neck Masses

• Ryu YJ

• KMID: 2536057
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.46268/jsu.2022.9.1.1

Abstract

A neck mass is a commonly observed clinical finding across all age groups. Neck masses are wide ranging from congenital, and inflammatory to neoplastic lesions. Ultrasound (US) is a convenient and applicable imaging modality for the evaluation of a neck mass in clinical practice. Although US is influenced by the operator’s experience and is not an ideal approach to detect deep structures, it can examine the structure from various angles in real-time and guide tissue sampling while simultaneously explaining about the same to patients. Therefore, US is useful for evaluating all neck masses, involving the lymph nodes, thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary glands. This article aimed to review miscellaneous neck masses and their ultrasonographic features.

Keyword

Neck; Mass; Ultrasonography

Figure

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  Fig. 1 1-year-old boy with 2nd branchial cleft cyst. left submandi-bular gland (white arrow), carotid artery (arrowhead), and sternocleido-mastoid (black arrow).

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  Fig. 2 17-year-old boy with infected 2nd branchial cleft cyst. The white arrow indicates a thick wall and the black arrow indicates suspicious infec-tion.

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  Fig. 3 4-year-old boy with thyro-glossal duct cyst. Hyoid bone (white arrow).

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  Fig. 4 55-year-old man with epidermoid cyst.

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  Fig. 5 15-year-old boy with dermoid cyst. Fat globule (white arrows).

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  Fig. 6 16-year-old boy with der-moid cyst (left). Follow-up ultra-sound after 4 years (right).

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  Fig. 7 1-month girl with hemangioma.

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  Fig. 8 3-year-old girl with venous malformation.

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  Fig. 9 37-year-old woman with a ruptured epidermoid cyst.

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  Fig. 10 35-year-old man with cystic hygroma.

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  Fig. 11 45-year-old man with vagal schwannoma. Right common carotid artery (white arrow), right internal jugular vein (black arrow), and vagus nerve (arrowhead).

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  Fig. 12 5-year-old girl with cystic hygroma.

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  Fig. 13 1-month girl with fibroma-tosis colli (white arrow), normal left sternocleidomastoid muscle (black arrow).

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  Fig. 14 56-year-old woman with lipoma.

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  Fig. 15 72-year-old woman with carotid body tumor. Internal carotid artery (white arrow), external carotid artery (black arrow).

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