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Pathology Quiz Case
Shane Zim, MD;
Joni Doherty, MD;
Yanling Ma, MD;
Edward Lee, MD
University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:1133-1135.
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A 40-YEAR-OLD otherwise-healthy white man presented with a 14-year history
of a painless mass in the left side of his neck. He denied dysphagia, odynophagia,
weight changes, voice changes, fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting. He did
not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. Physical examination revealed no abnormalities
except for a 6 x 5-cm nontender, firm, mobile mass that was palpable
in the left posterior triangle of the neck. The findings of fine-needle aspiration
biopsy were nondiagnostic. A chest x-ray film was normal. A computed tomographic
scan revealed a large enhancing mass in the left posterior cervical space
(Figure 1). The well-encapsulated
mass was subsequently excised in the operating room through a transverse incision
in the posterior triangle of the neck. The histological findings are shown
in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
What is your diagnosis?
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