Swellings in the posterior triangle
Solid swelling
- Enlarged LN.
- Cervical rib
- Neurofibroma arising from the brachial plexus
Cystic swelling
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Cystic hygroma.
- An infant with a large swelling superficial to sternomastoid. It is large, irregular, lax and translucent
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Pharyngeal pouch.
- Usually an old man with dysphagia and regurgitation of undigested food on compression.
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Cold abscess.
- Usually in children and young adults.
- It is soft and fluctuant with dusky skin.
- It is slightly warm and slightly tender.
- There may be manifestations of T.B in other parts of the body.
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Pneumatocele.
- Cystic swelling in the supraclavicular region which is resonant and compressible.
