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Pathology Quiz Case
Ashley A. Schroeder, MD;
Craig S. Derkay, MD;
Alice L. Warner, MD
Norfolk, Va
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:1281-1282.
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AN 11-YEAR-OLD white girl was brought to the emergency department by
her parents with the complaint of swelling in her neck, which she had noticed
while dressing that morning. She otherwise felt perfectly well and denied
chills or fever and had no weight loss, symptoms of upper respiratory infection,
breathing complaints, or neck pain. Her pediatrician had seen her about 3
weeks earlier for symptoms of upper respiratory infection, which had been
treated with antibiotics and had resolved. Her medical history was otherwise
unremarkable. She had no history of travel or tobacco use. She did have 2
grown cats but denied scratches. Her family history was remarkable for a maternal
aunt with Hodgkin lymphoma.
In the emergency department, she was comfortably supine on the gurney
and in no evidence of distress. Her physical examination revealed no abnormalities
other . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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