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Berna Uslu Coskun, MD; Huseyin Seven, MD; Esra Sozen, MD; Seyhan Alkan, MD; Burhan Dadas, MD
Sisli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:1025.

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A 30-year-old man presented with a painless, slow-growing, cystic swelling in the right side of his neck. Physical examination revealed a cystic mass, measuring approximately 8 x 9 cm in diameter, located in the inferoposterior aspect of the neck, extending from the lower half of the sternocleidomastoid muscle to the scapular bone. The swelling was medium-hard, fixed, and painless on palpation. No hyperemia or thrill was noted. The findings of routine laboratory tests, chest radiography, and examination of the ear, nose, and throat were otherwise normal.

Ultrasound examination revealed an irregular 107 x 83 x 79-mm neck mass with variable echogenicity. Spin-echo T1- and T2-weighted axial and coronal plane magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of the neck were obtained, and x-ray computed tomography was performed. The computed tomogram showed an encapsulated, hypodense cystic mass in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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