U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Head and Neck Disorder

MedGen UID:
232269
Concept ID:
C1333941
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the anatomic structures of the head and neck region. This category includes inflammatory disorders, benign neoplasms, precancerous conditions, and malignant neoplasms. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHead and Neck Disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chang JL, Goldberg AN, Alt JA, Mohammed A, Ashbrook L, Auckley D, Ayappa I, Bakhtiar H, Barrera JE, Bartley BL, Billings ME, Boon MS, Bosschieter P, Braverman I, Brodie K, Cabrera-Muffly C, Caesar R, Cahali MB, Cai Y, Cao M, Capasso R, Caples SM, Chahine LM, Chang CP, Chang KW, Chaudhary N, Cheong CSJ, Chowdhuri S, Cistulli PA, Claman D, Collen J, Coughlin KC, Creamer J, Davis EM, Dupuy-McCauley KL, Durr ML, Dutt M, Ali ME, Elkassabany NM, Epstein LJ, Fiala JA, Freedman N, Gill K, Gillespie MB, Golisch L, Gooneratne N, Gottlieb DJ, Green KK, Gulati A, Gurubhagavatula I, Hayward N, Hoff PT, Hoffmann OMG, Holfinger SJ, Hsia J, Huntley C, Huoh KC, Huyett P, Inala S, Ishman SL, Jella TK, Jobanputra AM, Johnson AP, Junna MR, Kado JT, Kaffenberger TM, Kapur VK, Kezirian EJ, Khan M, Kirsch DB, Kominsky A, Kryger M, Krystal AD, Kushida CA, Kuzniar TJ, Lam DJ, Lettieri CJ, Lim DC, Lin HC, Liu SYC, MacKay SG, Magalang UJ, Malhotra A, Mansukhani MP, Maurer JT, May AM, Mitchell RB, Mokhlesi B, Mullins AE, Nada EM, Naik S, Nokes B, Olson MD, Pack AI, Pang EB, Pang KP, Patil SP, Van de Perck E, Piccirillo JF, Pien GW, Piper AJ, Plawecki A, Quigg M, Ravesloot MJL, Redline S, Rotenberg BW, Ryden A, Sarmiento KF, Sbeih F, Schell AE, Schmickl CN, Schotland HM, Schwab RJ, Seo J, Shah N, Shelgikar AV, Shochat I, Soose RJ, Steele TO, Stephens E, Stepnowsky C, Strohl KP, Sutherland K, Suurna MV, Thaler E, Thapa S, Vanderveken OM, de Vries N, Weaver EM, Weir ID, Wolfe LF, Woodson BT, Won CHJ, Xu J, Yalamanchi P, Yaremchuk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Yu JL, Zeidler M, Rosen IM
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2023 Jul;13(7):1061-1482. Epub 2023 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/alr.23079. PMID: 36068685Free PMC Article
Bhattacharyya N, Gubbels SP, Schwartz SR, Edlow JA, El-Kashlan H, Fife T, Holmberg JM, Mahoney K, Hollingsworth DB, Roberts R, Seidman MD, Steiner RW, Do BT, Voelker CC, Waguespack RW, Corrigan MD
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Mar;156(3_suppl):S1-S47. doi: 10.1177/0194599816689667. PMID: 28248609
von Brevern M, Bertholon P, Brandt T, Fife T, Imai T, Nuti D, Newman-Toker D
J Vestib Res 2015;25(3-4):105-17. doi: 10.3233/VES-150553. PMID: 26756126

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gates JC, Abouyared M, Shnayder Y, Farwell DG, Day A, Alawi F, Moore M, Holcomb AJ, Birkeland A, Epstein J
Head Neck 2025 Feb;47(2):733-741. Epub 2024 Nov 25 doi: 10.1002/hed.28013. PMID: 39584361Free PMC Article
Shonka DC Jr, Ho A, Chintakuntlawar AV, Geiger JL, Park JC, Seetharamu N, Jasim S, Abdelhamid Ahmed AH, Bible KC, Brose MS, Cabanillas ME, Dabekaussen K, Davies L, Dias-Santagata D, Fagin JA, Faquin WC, Ghossein RA, Gopal RK, Miyauchi A, Nikiforov YE, Ringel MD, Robinson B, Ryder MM, Sherman EJ, Sadow PM, Shin JJ, Stack BC Jr, Tuttle RM, Wirth LJ, Zafereo ME Jr, Randolph GW
Head Neck 2022 Jun;44(6):1277-1300. Epub 2022 Mar 11 doi: 10.1002/hed.27025. PMID: 35274388Free PMC Article
Yan F, Nguyen SA
Head Neck 2020 Jun;42(6):1150-1152. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1002/hed.26209. PMID: 32338797Free PMC Article
Kutcher MR, Rigby MH, Bullock M, Trites J, Taylor SM, Hart RD
Head Neck 2013 Jun;35(6):E175-7. Epub 2012 Feb 2 doi: 10.1002/hed.22918. PMID: 22302605
Bernier J, Cooper JS, Pajak TF, van Glabbeke M, Bourhis J, Forastiere A, Ozsahin EM, Jacobs JR, Jassem J, Ang KK, Lefèbvre JL
Head Neck 2005 Oct;27(10):843-50. doi: 10.1002/hed.20279. PMID: 16161069

Diagnosis

Liu ZY, Khoo D, Hartel G, Punyadeera C, Vasani S
Head Neck 2023 Aug;45(8):2000-2008. Epub 2023 Jun 12 doi: 10.1002/hed.27426. PMID: 37306045
Bleier B, Workman A, Burks C, Maxfield A, Stack BC Jr, Nathan CA, McCammon S, Varvares M, Schmalbach C, Wang S, Califano J, Shnayder Y, Gillespie MB, Enepekides D, Witterick I, El-Sayed I, Lin D, Patel U, Kraus D, Randolph G
Head Neck 2021 Feb;43(2):733-738. Epub 2020 Nov 17 doi: 10.1002/hed.26525. PMID: 33205536Free PMC Article
Gallo O, Locatello LG
Head Neck 2020 Jul;42(7):1533-1534. Epub 2020 May 21 doi: 10.1002/hed.26271. PMID: 32437030Free PMC Article
van de Goor RMGE, Hardy JCA, van Hooren MRA, Kremer B, Kross KW
Head Neck 2019 Sep;41(9):2983-2990. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1002/hed.25787. PMID: 31012533Free PMC Article
Knigge MA, Thibeault SL
Head Neck 2018 Jan;40(1):203-212. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.1002/hed.24977. PMID: 29083513

Therapy

Stein E, Lenze NR, Yarbrough WG, Hayes DN, Mazul A, Sheth S
Head Neck 2020 Oct;42(10):2985-3001. Epub 2020 Jul 7 doi: 10.1002/hed.26328. PMID: 32632953
Schvartsman G, Pinto NA, Bell D, Ferrarotto R
Head Neck 2019 Jan;41(1):239-247. Epub 2018 Dec 15 doi: 10.1002/hed.25468. PMID: 30552848
Fussey JM, Crunkhorn R, Tedla M, Weickert MO, Mehanna H
Head Neck 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1:E2297-305. Epub 2015 Sep 3 doi: 10.1002/hed.24218. PMID: 26335228
Kim LY, Purkey MT, Patel MR, Ghosh A, Hartner L, Newman JG
Head Neck 2015 Mar;37(3):E38-44. Epub 2014 Nov 13 doi: 10.1002/hed.23805. PMID: 24953995
Bernier J, Cooper JS, Pajak TF, van Glabbeke M, Bourhis J, Forastiere A, Ozsahin EM, Jacobs JR, Jassem J, Ang KK, Lefèbvre JL
Head Neck 2005 Oct;27(10):843-50. doi: 10.1002/hed.20279. PMID: 16161069

Prognosis

Yang Z, Mansour J, Sun P, Wei P, Dahlstrom KR, Zafereo M, Li G, Gross ND
Head Neck 2024 Aug;46(8):1881-1892. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1002/hed.27659. PMID: 38269627Free PMC Article
Wang SJ, Lin B, Shen SY, Lin JL, Zhang TW, Yang HY
Head Neck 2023 Apr;45(4):963-971. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1002/hed.27327. PMID: 36827077
Mimica X, Hanson M, Patel SG, McGill M, McBride S, Lee N, Dunn LA, Cracchiolo JR, Shah JP, Wong RJ, Ganly I, Cohen MA
Head Neck 2019 Nov;41(11):3906-3915. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/hed.25925. PMID: 31433540Free PMC Article
Liang L, Zhang T, You Y, He Q, Fan Y, Liao G
Head Neck 2019 Jun;41(6):2016-2023. Epub 2019 Feb 1 doi: 10.1002/hed.25668. PMID: 30706580
Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Shah JP, Nixon IJ, Angelos P, Williams MD, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A
Head Neck 2018 Apr;40(4):855-866. Epub 2017 Dec 5 doi: 10.1002/hed.25029. PMID: 29206325Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Barbon CEA, Yao CMKL, Alvarez CP, Goepfert RP, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gross ND, Hutcheson KA
Head Neck 2021 Oct;43(10):2883-2895. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1002/hed.26768. PMID: 34080249Free PMC Article
van de Goor RMGE, Hardy JCA, van Hooren MRA, Kremer B, Kross KW
Head Neck 2019 Sep;41(9):2983-2990. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1002/hed.25787. PMID: 31012533Free PMC Article
Berger DMS, van Veen MM, Madu MF, van Akkooi ACJ, Vogel WV, Balm AJM, Klop WMC
Head Neck 2019 Jul;41(7):2264-2270. Epub 2019 Feb 14 doi: 10.1002/hed.25670. PMID: 30762921
Stuani VT, Rubira CM, Sant'Ana AC, Santos PS
Head Neck 2017 Apr;39(4):797-811. Epub 2016 Nov 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.24650. PMID: 27898189
Geisler SA, Olshan AF, Cai J, Weissler M, Smith J, Bell D
Head Neck 2005 Mar;27(3):232-42. doi: 10.1002/hed.20141. PMID: 15668931

Recent systematic reviews

Kuhn MA, Gillespie MB, Ishman SL, Ishii LE, Brody R, Cohen E, Dhar SI, Hutcheson K, Jefferson G, Johnson F, Rameau A, Sher D, Starmer H, Strohl M, Ulmer K, Vaitaitis V, Begum S, Batjargal M, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr;168(4):571-592. doi: 10.1002/ohn.302. PMID: 36965195
Hajat C, Stein E, Ramstrom L, Shantikumar S, Polosa R
Harm Reduct J 2021 Dec 4;18(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00557-6. PMID: 34863207Free PMC Article
Iocca O, Sollecito TP, Alawi F, Weinstein GS, Newman JG, De Virgilio A, Di Maio P, Spriano G, Pardiñas López S, Shanti RM
Head Neck 2020 Mar;42(3):539-555. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.1002/hed.26006. PMID: 31803979
Negro A, Delaruelle Z, Ivanova TA, Khan S, Ornello R, Raffaelli B, Terrin A, Reuter U, Mitsikostas DD; European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies (EHF-SAS)
J Headache Pain 2017 Oct 19;18(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s10194-017-0816-0. PMID: 29052046Free PMC Article
Cohen EE, LaMonte SJ, Erb NL, Beckman KL, Sadeghi N, Hutcheson KA, Stubblefield MD, Abbott DM, Fisher PS, Stein KD, Lyman GH, Pratt-Chapman ML
CA Cancer J Clin 2016 May;66(3):203-39. Epub 2016 Mar 22 doi: 10.3322/caac.21343. PMID: 27002678

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.
    • Bookshelf
      See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Recent activity

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...