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Treatment for thyroglossal duct cysts? Why?
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Surgical excision. Potential for infection, malignant degeneration.
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Concerning cystic hygromas:
Age? Location? Treatment? |
< 2 yrs.
Posterior triangle. Typically spontaneously regress. Surgery if airway is comprimised. |
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What are the triangles of the neck and their dividing landmarks?
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Anterior/posterior - divided by the SCM.
Anterior - Supr/Infrahyoid - divided by hyoid bone. Suprahyroid - Submand/Submental - divided by diagstric muscles. |
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Differential considerations for midline masses?
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Thyroglossal duct cyst
Ectopic thyroid tissue Adenopathy |
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Branchial cleft cysts typically arise from which cleft?
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2nd.
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Common location for 1st and 2nd branchial cleft cysts?
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1st - lower pole of the parotid.
2nd - most commonly anterior triangle, anterior to the SCM and lateral to the thyroid. Can also be in posterior triangle |
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Typical age for branchial cleft cysts?
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Late childhood/early adolescence.
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Landmarks that can be seen on all neck sonograms (5)
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1. Strap muscles
2. Anterior wall of trachea 3. Carotid sheath 4. Thyroid 5. SCM |
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Common congenital abnormalities (6)?
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1. Cystic hygroma
2. Thyroglossal duct cyst 3. Branchial cleft cyst 4. Teratoma/dermoid cyst 5. Hemangioma 6. Cervical thymic cyst |
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What are mucoceles, ranulas and plunging ranulas?
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Pseudocysts caused by traume to the salivary ducts that lead to extravasation of salivary secretions into soft tissues. The plunging ranula affects the soft tissues of the next. The others affect the mouth. All are most commonly caused by the suglingual gland. Plunging ranulas occur most typically in the anterior triangle.
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