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Can anyone help explain head and neck mass in a baby?
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See your doctor: Head and neck masses in infants must be thoroughly worked up by specialists.
Answered 11/11/2012
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Get checked: There are a huge number of possibilities, from infection to a cyst to a hemangioma or vascular malformation to a tumor (benign or malignant). This is something that needs to be checked out by the child's pediatrician asap.
Answered 1/15/2016
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