Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Cancer, Education, Ultrasound, MR, CT, Paediatric, Oncology, Head and neck
Authors:
A. Modica1, G. Distefano2, C. Desiderio1, M. C. Calcagno1, G. Belfiore1, S. Palmucci1, A. Basile1; 1Catania/IT, 2Ragusa/IT
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-3589
Background
The observation of head and neck masses is quite common in paediatric population,
although most of the cases are linked to benign conditions,
in a small percentage of cases – about 5% - it is related to the presence of a malignant neoplasia [1].
Ultrasounds often represent the first level examination in the study of these pathologies for their lack of ionizing radiations and because of the easy access.
However,
for the analysis of the tumour involvement of deep soft tissues,
use of more advanced tomographic techniques,
such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) is mandatory.
In this study we will report the most frequent malignant neoplasia of head-neck district in paediatric population,
or rather Neuroblastoma,
Rhabdomyosarcoma,
Thyroid carcinomas,
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin Lymphomas [1].
We retrospectively evaluated all paediatric patients,
who underwent diagnostic examinations in our department from 2010 to 2018,
with a diagnosis of malignant neoplasia in the head-neck district; imaging features of the lesions have been reported and showed in pictures.