Child With Neck Lesion

A 10-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with swelling in the anterior part of her neck (Figure  1). The swelling had been present for 4 days and was increasing in size. The swelling was painful, and the pain was made worse with swallowing. The child had no fever and there had been no drainage from the skin. The patient's mother reported three similar episodes of neck swelling in the past. Th e patient had normal vital signs. On physical examination, she was found to have an approximately 3 × 4 cm anterior midline submental swelling that was erythematous, firm, tender to palpation, and moved with swallowing.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research