Clinical Case: Mrs. Talbott's neck mass
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

Things are changing.
  • A young woman with a painless neck mass.
  • The mass has persisted for several months.
  • Weight loss.
  • Iron deficiency anemia.
  • Needle aspiration shows a "suspicious cell."
The possibilities now.
  • A neoplastic condition seems much more likely.
  • The iron deficiency anemia may or may not be associated with the neck mass.
  
  
A biopsy is what's called for now.                                  Back
 

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