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A mass in the neck is a common clinical finding encountered in clinical practice. Determining the etiology of a neck mass is not straightforward, owing to developing from a wide array of processes. A neck mass may evolve as an isolated disease, a sign of a systemic disease, or be the only clinically apparent manifestation of malignancy in another part of the head and neck or elsewhere in the body. Therefore, timely diagnosis of a neck mass is paramount, because delayed diagnosis of malignancy worsens prognosis [1].
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Yaylacı, A., Öztürk, M., Sih, T. (2022). The Management of Neck Mass During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. In: Cingi, C., Özel, H.E., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) ENT Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment during Pregnancy and Lactation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05303-0_53
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