Neck+Mass

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Ramsburg's Crutch: Congenital Autoimmune Traumatic Neoplastic Infectious Degenerative

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES

Thyroglossal duct cyst. Bronchial apparatus anomalies. Teratomas. Ranula. Dermoid cysts. Hemangioma. Laryngoceles. Cystic hygroma.

NONNEOPLASTIC INFLAMMATORY ETIOLOGIES

Folliculitis. Adenopathy secondary to peritonsillar abscess. Retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscess. Salivary gland infections. Viral infections (mononucleosis, HIV, CMV). TB. Cat-scratch disease. Toxoplasmosis. Actinomyces. Atypical mycobacterium. Jugular vein thrombus.

NEOPLASM (PRIMARY OR METASTATIC)

Lipoma.