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Suggest Treatment For Movable Lump Under Chin
Question: my son has had a marble sized movable mass under the chim. it is not painful but solid it is not in the glandular area on sides but in center several inches bove the thyroid what could this be
Brief Answer:
Ultrasound of the neck for evaluation of the lump.
Detailed Answer:
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1.There are few possibilities first thing - Lymph nodal enlargement ( which can be due to any infection / inflammation localised or systemic)
2.Second possibilities - cystic lesion from thyroid gland itself.
3.Lastly Brachial cleft cysts and sub mandible gland lesions (can be solid or ductal dilatation).
4.You need to get an ultrasound neck - that will help to evaluate the nature of the lesion, its source and extensions. Relation to the adjacent anatomical structures.
5. Definitive diagnosis can be made by FNAC - fine needle aspiration cytology.
Good luck.
Hope I have answered your query,
any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask.
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888
Ultrasound of the neck for evaluation of the lump.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to health care magic.
1.There are few possibilities first thing - Lymph nodal enlargement ( which can be due to any infection / inflammation localised or systemic)
2.Second possibilities - cystic lesion from thyroid gland itself.
3.Lastly Brachial cleft cysts and sub mandible gland lesions (can be solid or ductal dilatation).
4.You need to get an ultrasound neck - that will help to evaluate the nature of the lesion, its source and extensions. Relation to the adjacent anatomical structures.
5. Definitive diagnosis can be made by FNAC - fine needle aspiration cytology.
Good luck.
Hope I have answered your query,
any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask.
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888
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