[Neck mass changes of the nontumorous and noninflammatory nature: the value of radiodiagnosis].

The results of X-ray examination of 25 (2.8%) out of 899 patients were analyzed. The changes of their neck mass were due to the conditions of non-tumoral and non-inflammatory nature. These states were not always clinically clear and were not infrequently considered as a neoplastic process. The causes of them can include developmental anomaly of neck organs, post-radiation and postoperative alterations, atherosclerosis, degenerative-dystrophic alterations in the cervical portion of the vertebral column etc. To establish the character of the neck mass changes it is necessary to perform a complex radiation examination, its first and sometimes the only stage being USI. Choice of the following methods (CT, MRT and so on) depends on the results of USI and the clinical picture.