From the Department of Radiology, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN 37232 (A.M.F., R.K., E.S., D.M., K.D.C., L.J., S.P., A.S.); and Department of Radiology, Harvard University, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass (C.D.R., J.R.).
Radiographics. 2024 Dec;44(12):e240059. doi: 10.1148/rg.240059.
The spectrum of congenital and infantile masses of the head and neck is broad, including developmental and neoplastic entities. The diseases encountered in this vulnerable patient population differ substantially from those in older children and adults. Familiarity with the types of encountered masses, typical imaging characteristics, and expected clinical course is critical for radiologists who care for pregnant women (fetuses) and infants. This knowledge allows radiologists to provide a timely diagnosis and appropriate follow-up imaging recommendations and, in some fetal imaging cases, inform delivery planning. This article uses a location-based approach to highlight imaging features of numerous common and rare congenital and infantile masses of the head and neck. RSNA, 2024 Supplemental material is available for this article.
头颈部先天性和婴儿期肿块的范围很广，包括发育性和肿瘤性病变。在这个脆弱的患者群体中遇到的疾病与年龄较大的儿童和成人有很大的不同。熟悉遇到的肿块类型、典型的影像学特征和预期的临床病程，对于照顾孕妇（胎儿）和婴儿的放射科医生至关重要。这一知识使放射科医生能够及时诊断，并提供适当的随访影像学建议，在某些胎儿影像学病例中，还可以为分娩计划提供信息。本文采用基于位置的方法来突出显示头颈部许多常见和罕见先天性及婴儿期肿块的影像学特征。RSNA，2024 补充材料可用于本文。
