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Cervical Lymphadenitis and Neck Infections
Epidemiology Neck masses in children, unlike those in adults, seldom represent ominous disease. Most (95%) masses are acute, enlarged, or inflamed lymph nodes and are transient in nature. In one series, 44% of children younger than 5 years had palpable…