Neck

Una micobatteriosi non così tanto “atipica”

Sfeir R.

2025/6 — pag. 393-394 — DOI

In the presence of unilateral lymph node swelling that has persisted for more than 3 weeks, in the absence of suspicious signs of malignancy, unresponsive to first-line antibiotic therapy, it is appropriate to consider a non-tuberculous mycobacterial...

Non tutte le tumefazioni cervicali sono linfoadenopatie

Spacco G, Santaniello M, Bondi E, Castagnola E.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

Cervical masses are predominantly due to lymphadenopathy secondary to infectious or inflammatory processes, with congenital anomalies being less common. The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old girl presenting with a progressively enlarging, ten...

Non tutte le tumefazioni cervicali sono linfoadenopatie

Spacco G, Santaniello M, Bondi E, Castagnola E

2025/1 — pag. 23-23 — DOI

Cervical masses are predominantly due to lymphadenopathy secondary to infectious or inflammatory processes, with congenital anomalies being less common. The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old girl presenting with a progressively enlarging, ten...

Timo ectopico: quando pensarci, la diagnosi per immagini, la gestione

Bisi R, Troisi A, Wrona D, Marchetti F, Parenti G

2023/10 — pag. 631-636 — DOI

Ectopic thymic tissue is a rare occurrence in clinical practice. However, it could cause diagnostic difficulties, especially in the paediatric age group, as it can mimic a cervical mass. In most cases, thymic ectopia is asymptomatic and the ectopic t...

Fibromatosis colli: due casi clinici

Colombo M, Pacenza M, Argentieri A

2023/3 — pag. 46-48 — DOI

Fibromatosis colli is a rare cause that should not be forgotten, especially for the morbidity that can arise in the case of diagnostic delay (torticollis and facial asymmetries). An adequate medical history and a good physical examination can lead to...

Quando la tumefazione laterocervicale è una cisti branchiale

Gamba S.

2023/2 — pag. 127-130 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting with a lateral cervical swelling. A branchial cyst was finally diagnosed....

Quando la tumefazione laterocervicale è una cisti branchiale

Gamba S

2023/2 — pag. 40-40 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting with a lateral cervical swelling. A branchial cyst was finally diagnosed....

Pensa anche alla tubercolosi

Lepri I, Riva B, Melzi ML.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The cases of two adolescents with neck lymphadenitis respectively coming from Morocco and Philippines are described. They were eventually diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL). The clinical features, the risk factors and the diagnostic appro...

Un’opprimente tumefazione laterocervicale... da far mancare il respiro

Mellino C, Gasperini P, Conte ML, Dell’Omo V, Libertucci F, Bigucci B, Inserra A, Vergine G

2021/1 — pag. 15-18 — DOI

Lymphatic malformations are low-flow vascular anomalies of the lymphatic system that occur in one out of 2-4,000 live births. They may be classified as macrocystic (diameter > 1 cm), microcystic (diameter < 1 cm) or mixed. Lymphatic malformations tha...

Sembra un gozzo, ma non è: la cisti del dotto tireoglosso

S. Amoroso

2020/10 — pag. 259-259 — DOI

Thyreoglossal duct cyst (TDC) is the most frequent cervical malformation that usually presents as a painless, well-defined swelling during paediatric age. In this report, the Author describes a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with TDC that caused a...

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10 — pag. 664-666

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

Il timo ectopico nella diagnosi differenziale delle masse del collo

M.C. Pellegrin, G. Patti, E. Faleschini, G. Tornese, P. Guastalla, A. Ventura

2014/9 — pag. 579-584

Ectopic thymus is a rare benign cause of paediatric neck masses. Because of embryologic migrational defects, ectopic thymic remnants can be found along the descent pathway from the mandible angle to the superior mediastinum. Clinically, between 2 ...

Linfoadenite laterocervicale tubercolare: terapia medica, chirurgica ed effetti paradossi

G. Tornese, A. Tedeschi, D. Codrich, C. Fabris, F. Marchetti

2008/1

Formazione ipo-anecogena in sede sopraioidea

I. Rabach, A. Lorusso, D.L. Grasso, F. Zennaro, E. Barbi

2007/3 — pag. 185-187

Due bambini con linfoadenite persistente al collo

F. Massei, L. Gori

2003/8 — pag. 526-528