If one groups all the malignant tumors of the head and neck occurring in children, roughly one quarter would be comprised of Hodgkin’s disease, another quarter of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, another quarter would include the various sarcomas and the last quarter would encompass all the rest. This presentation will address two areas of particular interest to oral and maxillofacial surgeons; the evaluation and treatment of the various pediatric sarcomas, using rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma as examples and the evaluation and management of the pediatric neck mass.
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