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Table 5 Distribution of patients according to clinical presentations

From: Paediatric neck masses at a University teaching hospital in northwestern Tanzania: a prospective analysis of 148 cases

Clinical presentations

N%

a. Symptoms

 

Neck swelling

148 (100)

Pain

68 (45.9)

Fever

45 (35.4)

Ulceration

40 (27.0)

Weight loss

35 (23.6)

Discharge

31 (20.9)

Failure to thrive

28 (18.)

Pressure symptoms

14 (9.5)

b. Signs

 

Palpable neck mass

148 (100)

Tenderness

72 (48.6)

Wasting

70 (47.2)

Anemia

70 (47.2)

Ulceration

40 (27.0)

Discharge

31 (20.9)