Upon palpitation, a neck mass and swelling may be noted along the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. 1 These masses are often mistaken for lymphadenopathy associated with infection.

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Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and ...

This finding of course requires further experimental confirmation. Figure 4. Independent projections from all five vestibular end-organs to the sternocleidomastoid muscles. Drawing based on ...

What is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome? Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a rare digestive disorder. If you have ZES, you likely have 1 or more tumors in the first part of the small intestine, the ...

Patients often have muscle hypertrophy, and there have been reports of cases involving mild atrophy of the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoid and trapezius). 4,5 Typically, electrophysiological ...

There is also a visible enlarged left great auricular nerve crossing over the left sternocleidomastoid muscle (the arrowhead), and multiple erythematous nodules scattered over the extensor aspect of ...