Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Jun 2024)

The importance of interdisciplinary communication in the neck lump clinic to improve efficiency and diagnosis in an unusual lymphoma presentation

  • Nathalie Higgs,
  • Roma Dave,
  • Jasper Bekker,
  • Peter A Brennan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14
p. 100484

Abstract

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The importance of close and collaborative working between surgeons and radiologists in a one stop neck lump clinic is essential to ensure the correct diagnosis and treatment pathway for patients. Here we present an unusual presentation of lymphoma which demonstrates how a cancer diagnosis can be made without delay even with conflicting clinical and radiological findings, when colleagues are able to direct liaise in a one stop clinic.

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