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  • Title: Non-thyroid neck masses in tropical Africans.
    Author: Onuora VC.
    Journal: Trop Geogr Med; 1987 Jul; 39(3):256-9. PubMed ID: 3433340.
    Abstract:
    A study was undertaken to determine the nature of non-thyroid neck masses among Nigerians. Under the age of 30 years tuberculosis accounted for 39% of cases; at the age of over 30 years metastases to lymph nodes was responsible for the majority (29%). Tuberculosis is not a major cause of neck masses in Nigerians over the age of 30. Primary lymphomas accounted for 23% of all cases, and were encountered uniformly in all age-groups. Congenital lesions like cystic hygroma, thyroglossal duct cyst, and branchial cysts were uncommon.
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