neck swellings derived from unpaired midline structures
Last reviewed 01/2018
These swellings tend to lie in the midline.
The most common causes of a neck swelling derived from a midline unpaired structure are:
- congenital anomalies
- thyroglossal cyst (the most common congenital anomaly of the midline of the neck)
- thymic rests (1)
- dermoids (1)
- other
lesions
include:
- pharyngeal pouch
- laryngocoele
- subhyoid bursa
- carcinoma of the larynx, trachea and oesophagus
- sublingual dermoid cyst
- plunging ranula
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