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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998;124:927-929.

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A 10-YEAR-OLD white boy presented with an 8-year history of an enlarging mass in the right side of his neck. He initially presented at the age of 2 years with a mass in the right side of his neck that arose after an upper respiratory tract infection. The mass subsequently regressed, only to return 2 months later. A workup was negative for tuberculosis, and the mass again regressed after a short course of antibiotics. It reappeared within 2 months. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a multicystic, multilobulated mass deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The findings of fine-needle aspiration of the mass were not diagnostic. A presumptive diagnosis of a cystic hygroma was made, and it was decided that the patient's clinical progression should be observed.

Over the next 6 years, the patient experienced recurrent bouts of intermittent enlargement of the mass, which would subsequently decrease in size over the course . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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