Aim: To find out the incidence of various types of neck swellings in patients presenting to a tertiary health care establishment in Central India.

Materials and Methods: All the patients presenting with the complaint of neck swelling in the last one year were taken in the study regardless of the age group or the gender of the patient. The incidence of various neck swellings were evaluated taking into account the correlation of the clinical examination, USG and the FNAC reports of the patient.

Results: Total 96 cases were included in the study. Of all the patients, almost two third patients were females. Almost two third females had thyroid gland swellings. Most of the people were in the 31-40 years of age group. Most of the patients had thyroid swellings. Next in incidence were lymph node swellings.

Conclusion: The present study shows that the patients presenting with neck swelling usually turn out to be thyroid swelling in our setting. The need of the hour is nationwide public enlightenment campaigns to help in the proper management of various neck swellings.

Keywords: Neck swelling, USG, FNAC.

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Saket Bansal

Department of ENT, IMCHRC, Indore (M.P.), India