Inflammatory and infectious | Congenital |
Acute lymphadenitis Infectious mononucleosis Tuberculous lymphadenitis Cat scratch fever Sarcoidosis |
Thyroglossal duct cyst Branchial cleft cyst Cystic hygroma Hemangioma Laryngocele |
Benign tumors | Malignant tumors |
Salivary gland tumors Thyroid nodule or goiter Lipoma Carotid body tumor Laryngeal tumor Neurogenic tumor (neurofibroma) |
Primary:
Salivary gland tumors Thyroid tumors Soft tissue sarcoma Skin tumors Lymphoma Metastatic:Skin cancer Salivary gland tumors Thyroid cancer Adenocarcinoma (breast, GI, GU, lung) Unknown primary |
Thyroid Nodule Differential Diagnosis | |
Thyroiditis Grave's disease Teratoma Thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, medullary, anaplastic, lymphoma Dominant nodule in multinodular goiter Follicular adenoma Degeneration or hemmorrhage into a colloid cyst or nodule Simple cyst Metastasis to thyroid (breast, kidney, melanoma, or lung) |