Etiology | N% |
---|---|
Inflammatory lesions | 65 (43.9) |
• React. cervical lymph node hyperplasia | 42 (28.3) |
• Neck abscess | 13 (8.8) |
• Tuberculous adenitis | 8 (5.4) |
• Chronic Sialoadenitis | 2 (1.4) |
Congenital lesions | 57 (38.5) |
• Cystic hygroma | 27 (18.2) |
• Thyroglossal cyst | 22 (14.9) |
• Dermoid Cyst | 6 (4.1) |
• Branchial cleft cyst | 2 (1.4) |
Neoplastic lesions | |
a. Benigntumors | 16(10.8) |
• Hemangioma | 6 (4.1) |
• Fibroma | 5 (3.4) |
• Neurofibroma | 4 (2.7) |
• Lipoma | 1 (0.7) |
b. Malignant tumors | 6 (4.1) |
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 3 (2.1) |
• Non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 2 (1.4) |
• Soft tissue sarcoma | 1 (0.7) |
Traumatic lesions | 3 (2.1) |
Other lesion eg Plunging ranula | 1 (0.7) |
Total | 148 (100) |