Case 21-1964

Presentation of CaseA seventy-five-year-old man entered the hospital because of a mass in the neck.Three weeks previously he became aware of a painless mass growing in the right side of the neck. He had no symptoms and had always been well, working daily as a building superintendent until shortly before admission. He smoked two packs of cigarettes daily and drank one pint of whiskey each week.Physical examination revealed a well nourished man who appeared chronically ill. Over the lateral aspect of the right side of the neck there was a firm, movable, nontender mass, 15 by 5 . . .