Histopathologi̇c analysis of patients who complained of neck masses

The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic distrubution of the neck masses which were surgically treated in our clinic.Between 2006-2011, 1002 patients (406 females, 596 males) with neck masses who were diagnosed and treated the Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, were reviewed noting their age, sex, living place and histologic finding.425(42%) ef 1002 patients that has been examined, classified as inflammatory masses, 242(24%) as malign neoplastic masses, 229(23%) as benign neoplastic masses, and 106(11%) as congenital masses. The mean age was 37.6 ± 14.1 for patients with inflammatory neck masses, 14.7 ± 6.8 for patients with congenital neck masses. In the neoplastic neck masses group the mean age was 41.8 ± 10.3 in benign lesions, however, it was 54.5 ± 15.9 in malignant lesions.In our study, inflammatory lesions were the most common pathologies in the etiology of the neck masses. This result is consistent with some studies in our country previously reported; however in this group the incidence of some diseases seems to be different.KEY WORDS: Neck Masses, Surgical Treatment, Histopatologic Diagnosis