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Jones Fonseca; Adelaide Catarina Barbosa; Ema Santos Faria

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Painless Neck Mass in an Adolescent Girl

Jones Fonseca, MD

Adelaide Catarina Barbosa, MD

Ema Santos Faria, MD

American Family Physician. 2026;114(1):89-90.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

JONES FONSECA, MD; ADELAIDE CATARINA BARBOSA, MD; and EMA SANTOS FARIA, MD, Unidade de Saúde Familiar Esposende Norte, Esposende, Portugal

Address correspondence to Jones Fonseca, MD, at jonesfonsecajf@gmail.com.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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