Differential diagnosis of neck masses during infancy.
| Congenital anomalies |
| Branchial cysts[5] |
| Thyroglossal cysts[6] |
| Ectopic thymus and thymic cysts[5] |
| Vascular or lymphatic anomalies |
| Haemangiomas |
| Cystic hygromas |
| Inflammatory conditions |
| Sternocleidomastoid tumor (congenital muscular torticollis) |
| Ranula |
| Lymphadenitis and neck abscesses[8] |
| Benign neoplasms |
| Dermoid cysts and teratomas[9,10] |
| Lipoblastomas[11] |
| Myofibromas[12] |
| Malignancies |
| Neuroblastomas |
| Germ cell tumours[13] |
| Rhabdomyosarcomas[7] |
| Lymphomas |