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Symptom: Neck symptoms



Introduction: Neck symptoms

Further information about Neck symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Neck symptoms: stiff neck, neck swelling, neck lump, neck pain, bulging neck veins, neck rash, Neck itch, Neck tingling/paresthesias or other types.

This section addresses symptoms of the external neck, and the muscles and tissues that make up the neck. It does not include throat symptoms or esophagus symptoms, from the inside of the throat passages.

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Causes of Neck symptoms

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Causes of Types of Neck symptoms:

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Neck symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Neck symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Neck symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Neck symptoms:

Diagnostic Guides for Neck symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Neck symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Neck symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Neck symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic tests for Neck symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Neck symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

  • Physical examination
    • General appearance - e.g. pale and sweating must consider heart attack; photophobia (dislike for light) must consider meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
    • Pulse rate. If elevated must consider Grave's disease, subacute thyroiditis, early Hashimoto's thyroiditis or meningitis
    • Examine for painful neck stiffness (which suggests meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage) or painless neck resistance (may be found with cervical spine spondylosis)
    • Look for signs of hyperthyroidism including agitation, restlessness, enlarged thyroid (goiter), warm and sweaty palms, fine tremor, protruding eyes. May suggest Grave's disease, subacute thyroiditis or early Hashimoto's thyroiditis

See full list of 56 diagnostic tests for Neck symptoms

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Neck symptoms. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you had the neck symptoms? - to determine if acute or chronic.
  • What neck symptoms do you have? - e.g. neck lump, neck swelling, neck pain, neck stiffness, bulging neck veins.
  • Past medical history? - e.g heart attack, disease of heart muscle, severe lung disease may suggest right heart failure which may cause bulging neck veins; Rheumatic heart disease - may suggest tricuspid heart valve stenosis or regurgitation which may cause bulging neck veins; Rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, tuberculosis, chest radiotherapy, heart operation, heart trauma - may suggest causes of Constrictive pericarditis which may cause bulging neck veins.
  • Past cancer history? - e.g. cancer of the nasal cavity, pharynx, tongue, lips, mucous membrane (lining of the mouth), larynx and thyroid spread to neck lymph nodes; The cervical spine accounts for about 15% of spinal metastases. The commonest primary tumors are the breast, prostate, lung, kidney, thyroid and melanoma.
  • Medications? - e.g. lithium and amiodarone may cause an enlarged goitre and hypothyroidism; most medications may cause enlarged lymph nodes. The most notable is dilantin, but the antibiotics, aspirin, iodides and certain antihypertensive drugs can cause enlarged lymph nodes also.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Neck symptoms) may include:

  • Pain? - e.g. neck, throat, ears, teeth, sinus - may suggest tender enlarged cervical lymph nodes as the cause of neck pain. See neck pain.
  • Neck lump or swelling, if so is it single or multiple and where exactly is the lump or swelling? - see neck lump; See neck swelling.
  • Headaches? - often suggests pain referred to head from neck . Must always consider the possibility of meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  • Tremor? - should consider Grave's disease and subacute thyroiditis.
  • Shortness of breath? - may suggest congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, lung cancer. A thyroid swelling may also cause difficulty in breathing due to compression of the trachea.

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Organs affected by Neck symptoms:

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Detailed list of causes of Neck symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Neck symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 478 causes of Neck symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Neck symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Neck symptoms. Of the 478 causes of Neck symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 3 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 3 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 32 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 449 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 478 causes of Neck symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Neck symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Neck symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 1q deletion ... short neck
  • 2q deletion ... short neck
  • 3q deletion ... short neck
  • 49,XXXXX syndrome ... short neck
  • 49,XXXXY syndrome ... short neck

    A

  • Aarskog Syndrome ... short neck, fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Acanthamoeba infection ... stiff neck
  • Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system ... stiff neck
  • Achondrogenesis type 1A ... short neck
  • Acrofacial dysostosis Catania form ... webbed neck
  • Acrofacial dysostosis Preis type ... short neck
  • Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type ... short neck
  • Acrofacial dysostosis, Palagonia type ... short neck
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... stiff neck
  • Acute idiopathic polyneuritis ... neck weakness, stiff neck
  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular ... neck lump, neck pain
  • Aggressive fibromatosis - parapharyngeal space ... neck lump
  • Al Gazali Aziz Salem syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy ... short neck
  • Anaplastic large cell lymphoma ... neck lump
  • Anaplastic small cell lymphoma ... neck lump
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 1 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 2 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 3 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 4 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 5 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 6 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 7 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 8 ... neck pain
  • Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage ... neck pain
  • Angina ... pain extends to neck
  • Angiostrongyliasis ... neck pain, stiff neck
  • Anoxia ... neck stiffness
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ... neck pain
  • Arbovirosis ... stiff neck
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Type 1) ... neck pain
  • Arthrogryposis distal type II ... webbed neck
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, distal, X-linked ... short neck
  • Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2A ... short neck
  • Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2B ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Ascher syndrome ... goiter
  • Atlanto-Axial Fusion ... neck pain, stiff neck
  • Austrian syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Autoimmune Myelopathy ... Neck pain

    B

  • Baby rattle pelvic dysplasia ... short neck
  • Back tumour ... neck pain
  • Bacterial meningitis ... stiff neck
  • Bangstad syndrome ... goiter
  • Barber's rash ... neck rash
  • Barrett syndrome ... neck pain
  • Bartschi-Rochaix syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Basilar impression primary ... short neck, neck pain, pain on moving neck, pain on moving neck
  • Beals syndrome ... short neck
  • Behcet's Disease ... stiff neck
  • Bell's Palsy ... stiff neck
  • Blepharophimosis - nasal groove - growth retardation ... short neck
  • Blepharoptosis - aortic anomaly ... short neck
  • Borreliosis ... stiff neck
  • Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... short neck
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... craning necks
  • Bubonic plague ... swollen neck lymph nodes

    C

  • Calabro syndrome ... short neck
  • Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 1 ... short neck
  • Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type III ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Candidiasis familial chronic mucocutaneous, autosomal dominant, with thyroid disease ... goiter
  • Cantú syndrome ... short neck
  • Carbohydrate deficiency glycoprotein syndrome type II ... short neck
  • Carcinoma of the vocal tract ... neck lump
  • Carcinoma, squamous cell of head and neck ... neck pain
  • Cat Eye Syndrome ... short neck
  • Centronuclear myopathy, congenital ... neck muscle weakness
  • Cervicooculoacoustic syndrome ... short neck
  • Chitty-Hall-Webb syndrome ... short neck
  • Chordoma ... neck pain
  • Chromosome 1(q12q22) duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1p31 p22 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1p34 p32 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q25 q32 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q32 q42 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q4 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 10p duplication/10q deletion syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 10p terminal deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 11q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 12p deletion syndrome ... short neck, redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 12p duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 12q duplication syndrome ... short neck, redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 13p duplication ... short neck
  • Chromosome 13q deletion syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 13q partial deletion ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 14 trisomy syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 14q, partial deletion ... short neck
  • Chromosome 15 Ring ... short neck
  • Chromosome 15 trisomy ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 15, distal trisomy 15q ... short neck
  • Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 15q tetrasomy syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 15q, partial duplication (distal q arm) ... short neck
  • Chromosome 16p, partial duplication ... webbed neck
  • Chromosome 16q, partial deletion ... short neck, cervical vertebral anomalies
  • Chromosome 16q, partial duplication ... webbed neck
  • Chromosome 17p, partial duplication ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 17q, partial duplication ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 18, Tetrasomy 18p ... short neck
  • Chromosome 18, trisomy 18q ... short neck
  • Chromosome 19 ring syndrome ... redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 19p duplication syndrome ... short neck, redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 19q, partial duplication ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 20p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 20q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... short neck
  • Chromosome 21, tetrasomy 21q ... short neck
  • Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 21q, partial deletion ... short neck
  • Chromosome 22 trisomy mosaic ... webbed neck
  • Chromosome 22, monosomy mosaic ... short neck
  • Chromosome 22, trisomy ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 2p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 2q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 3, monosomy 3q13 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3p ... short neck
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q13 2 q25 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 4, monosomy 4p14 p16 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p ... short neck
  • Chromosome 4p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 4p15-16 deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 4q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 6 ring syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6p23 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q1 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 7, monosomy 7q3 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 7q partial deletion ... short neck
  • Chromosome 8 recombinant syndrome ... redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 8q deletion syndrome ... short neck, redundant neck skin
  • Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome ... short neck
  • Chromosome 9 trisomy syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Chromosome 9, monosomy 9p ... short neck
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy 9q32 ... short neck
  • Chromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome ... short neck
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX ... short neck
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H ... short neck
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2E ... short neck
  • Cormier Rustin Munnich syndrome ... short neck
  • Costello syndrome ... short neck
  • Cowden's syndrome ... goiters
  • Crane-Heise syndrome ... short neck
  • Cranio-facio-cardio-skeletal dysplasia ... short neck
  • Craniofaciocervical osteoglyphic dysplasia ... fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Cushing's syndrome ... increased neck fat
  • Cutler-Bass-Romshe syndrome ... goiter
  • Cystic Hygroma ... neck lump
  • Cystic hygroma, lethal - cleft palate ... neck lumps

    D

  • Daneman Davy Mancer syndrome ... goiter
  • Deafness - goiter - stippled epiphyses ... goiter
  • Degenerative Disc Disease ... neck pain
  • Delayed Viral Syndromes ... Cervical lymphadenopathy
  • Deletion 10q ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Dental abscess ... swollen neck
  • Desbuquois dysplasia ... short neck
  • Developmental delay - hypotonia extremities hypertrophy ... short neck
  • Diamond-Blackfan anemia ... webbed neck
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ... lump in neck
  • Diphtheria ... Neck swelling, enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Distal arthrogryposis, Moore-Weaver type ... webbed neck
  • Down Syndrome ... short neck
  • Dreyfus syndrome ... short neck
  • Duane anomaly - mental retardation ... short neck
  • Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... short neck

    E

  • Elejalde syndrome ... short neck
  • Ellis-Yale-Winter syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Emanuel syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, dominant type ... stiff neck
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... stiff neck
  • Encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Encephalomyelitis ... stiff neck
  • Endomyocardial fibrosis ... jugular vein distention
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... neck swelling
  • Erythema chronicum migrans ... stiff neck
  • Escobar syndrome, type B ... webbed neck
  • Esophagus Cancer ... swollen neck lymph glands
  • Exertional headaches ... Neck stiffness

    F

  • Facet syndrome ... neck pain
  • Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome ... short neck
  • Fibrochondrogenesis ... short neck
  • Floating Harbor Syndrome ... short neck
  • Follicular lymphoma ... lump in neck
  • Fried-Goldberg-Mundel syndrome ... short neck
  • Froster-Iskenius-Waterson syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Fryns macrocephaly ... short neck
  • Fryns-Aftimos syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Fungal meningitis ... stiff neck

    G

  • Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone ... goiter
  • Gerlier disease ... neck pain
  • Goiter ... swollen front of the neck
  • Golden-Lakin syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Graves Disease ... lump on front of neck, goiter, goiter, enlarged thyroid gland
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... neck weakness, stiff neck

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... short neck
  • Halal syndrome ... goiter
  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... lump at front of neck, neck discomfort, goiter
  • Haspeslagh Fryns Muelenaere syndrome ... short neck
  • Head injury ... Neck stiffness
  • Heart attack ... neck discomfort
  • Hemophilus influenzae B ... stiff neck
  • Herrmann-Opitz craniosynostosi ... webbed neck
  • HHV-6 encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Hilger syndrome ... neck pain
  • Hip cancer ... neck pain
  • Hodgkin's Disease ... neck lymph node swelling
  • Hunter-Carpenter-Macdonald syndrome ... short neck
  • Huntington's Disease ... neck muscle rigidity
  • Hyperthyroidism ... goitre
  • Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia ... short neck
  • Hypogonadism - mitral valve prolapse - mental retardation ... short neck
  • Hypopharyngeal cancer ... neck lump
  • Hypothyroidism ... lump at front of neck, goitre

    I

  • Inheritable disorders of connective tissue ... Neck pain
  • Intervertebral disc disease ... neck pain
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages ... stiff neck
  • Iodine deficiency ... goiter
  • Iridogoniodysgenesis and skeletal anomalies ... short neck
  • Isotretinoin embryopathy like syndrome ... short neck

    J

  • Japanese encephalitis ... neck stiffness
  • Jarcho-Levin Syndrome ... short neck
  • Jequier-Kozlowski-skeletal dysplasia ... short neck
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... swollen neck lymph nodes, stiff neck

    K

  • Kawasaki disease ... enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • KBG Syndrome ... short neck
  • Kennerknecht-Sorgo-Oberhoffer syndrome ... short neck
  • Klippel Feil deformity conductive deafness absent vagina ... cervicothoracic vertebral defects, cervical vertebral defects
  • Klippel Feil Syndrome ... short neck, fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome recessive type ... short neck, fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome, dominant type ... short neck, fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Kniest-like dysplasia lethal ... short neck
  • Kousseff-Nichols syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck, webbed neck

    L

  • Laing distal myopathy ... neck muscle weakness
  • Laplane-Fontaine-Lagardere syndrome ... short neck
  • Laryngeal carcinoma ... neck lump
  • Larynx Cancer ... neck lump
  • Lassa fever ... swollen neck
  • Launois-Bensaude adenolipomatosis ... neck lump
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... swollen neck lymph nodes
  • Lethal arthrogryposis with anterior horn cell disease ... short neck
  • Lethal arthrogryposis with anterior horn cell disease (LAAHD) ... short neck
  • Leukodystrophy ... Neck stiffness
  • Lindstrom syndrome ... short neck
  • Listeriosis ... stiff neck
  • Lubarsch-Pick syndrome ... enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Lumbar malsegmentation - short stature ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Lumbar malsegmentation, short stature and facial anomalies ... webbed neck
  • Lung cancer ... neck swelling, swollen neck
  • Lupus ... maculopapular red eruption on neck
  • Lyme disease ... neck aches, stiff neck, stiff neck
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... stiff neck
  • Lymphoma ... swollen neck lymph nodes
  • Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis ... stiff neck

    M

  • MacDermot-Winter syndrome ... short neck
  • Madelung's disease ... neck pain
  • Mantle cell lymphoma ... lump in neck
  • Maroteaux-Stanescu-Cousin syndrome ... short neck
  • McCune-Albright Syndrome ... goiter
  • Meckel Syndrome ... short neck
  • Medrano-Roldan syndrome ... short neck
  • Melioidosis ... stiff neck
  • Meningitis ... Retracting neck, pain on moving neck, pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck
  • Meningococcal disease ... Retracting neck, pain on moving neck, pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck, stiff neck
  • Meningococcal infection ... stiff neck
  • Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Mental retardation - short stature - deafness - genital ... short neck
  • Mental retardation - unusual facies - talipes - hand anomalies ... short neck
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Vitale type ... short neck
  • Mesomelia radial hypoplasia bifid thumb unusual facies ... short neck
  • Metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary ... neck lump, neck pain
  • Microcephaly - cervical spine fusion anomalies ... short neck
  • Microlissencephaly - micromelia ... short neck
  • Micromelic dwarfism, Fryns type ... short neck
  • Minicore disease ... short neck
  • Minicore myopathy, antenatal onset, with arthrogryposis ... short neck
  • Mononucleosis ... enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Monosomy 8q21 q22 ... short neck
  • Morquio syndrome ... short neck
  • Morquio syndrome type A ... short neck
  • Morquio syndrome, type B ... short neck
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses ... Short neck
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- severe form ... short neck
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome ... short neck
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Scheie syndrome ... short neck
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VI ... Short neck
  • Mullerian derivatives - lymphangiectasia - polydactyly ... short neck
  • Multiple pterygium syndrome ... fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Multiple pterygium syndrome, autosomal recessive ... fusion of neck vertebrae
  • Muscle contraction headache ... neckache
  • Myasthenia Gravis ... neck muscle weakness
  • Myopathy, X-linked with postural muscle atrophy ... short neck

    N

  • Naegleria ... stiff neck
  • Narcolepsy ... limp neck
  • Narrow oral fissure - short stature - cone-shaped epiphyses ... short neck
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ... enlarged neck lymph nodes, neck pain
  • Neck Arthritis ... neck pain, neck stiffness
  • Neck Cancer ... Neck lump, Neck pain
  • Neck conditions ... Neck swelling, Neck pain, Neck lump
  • Neck injury ... Neck swelling, Neck pain, Neck lump
  • Necrobacillosis ... neck swelling, swollen neck lymph glands
  • Nemalin myopathy, late onset type ... neck weakness
  • Neonatal bacterial meningitis ... stiff neck
  • Neu-Laxova Syndrome ... short neck
  • Neuroblastoma ... neck lump
  • Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Neurosyphilis ... stiff neck
  • Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome ... abnormalities of neck vertebrae
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... neck lymph node swelling
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ... neck swelling
  • Nonkeratan-sulfate-excreting Morquio syndrome ... short neck
  • Noonan Syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Noonan syndrome 3 ... webbed neck
  • Noonan-like syndrome ... webbed neck

    O

  • Oculo cerebro acral syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Oculo-cerebro-acral, (Roberts-like)-ectrodactyly ... webbed neck
  • Omsk hemorrhagic fever ... swollen neck glands
  • Ophthalmoplegia, progressive external - scoliosis ... short neck
  • Opthalmoplegia progressive external scoliosis ... short neck
  • Optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic ... neck pain
  • Oropharyngeal cancer, adult ... neck lump

    P

  • Parastremmatic dwarfism ... short neck
  • Parathyroid cancer, adult ... neck lump
  • Pena Shokeir syndrome, type 1 ... short neck
  • Pendred syndrome ... goiter
  • Peripheral T-cell lymphoma ... lump in neck
  • Pharyngitis ... tender neck lymph glands, swollen neck lymph glands
  • Pharyngoconjunctival fever ... enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Pilotto syndrome ... short neck
  • Plague ... swollen neck lymph nodes
  • Platyspondylic lethal chondrodysplasia ... short neck
  • Polio ... stiff neck
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... neck pain, neck stiffness, stiff neck
  • Postoperative septicaemia ... Neck stiffness
  • Primary amebic meningoencephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Pterigium Colli ... webbed neck
  • Pterygium colli - mental retardation - digital anomalies ... webbed neck

    Q

  • Quattrin mcpherson syndrome ... short neck
  • Quinsy ... tender neck lymph glands, swollen neck lymph glands

    R

  • Radio renal syndrome ... short neck
  • Raine syndrome ... short neck
  • Renal dysplasia - limb defects syndrome ... short neck
  • Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone ... goiter
  • Respiratory diphtheria ... Neck swelling, enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Retropharyngeal abscess ... neck pain, stiff neck
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal ... neck lump
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 1 ... neck lump
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 2 ... neck lump
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... neck pain
  • Rhizomelic dysplasia, scoliosis, and retinitis pigmentosa ... short neck
  • Rhizomelic syndrome ... short neck
  • Rib Tumor ... neck pain
  • Rosacea ... neck redness
  • Rubella ... tender neck lymph glands, pink spots on neck, swollen neck lymph glands

    S

  • Sacral meningocele - conotruncal heart defects ... short neck
  • Salivary gland cancer ... Cervical lymph node swelling
  • SAPHO syndrome ... neck pain, stiff neck
  • SCARF syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Scarlet fever ... swollen neck lymph glands
  • Schinzel Giedion Syndrome ... short neck
  • Schneckenbecken dysplasia ... short neck
  • Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome ... short neck
  • Sclerocornea, Syndactyly, ambiguous genitalia ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Serpentine fibula - polycystic kidney syndrome ... short neck
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome ... neck injuries
  • Short ribs - craniosynostosis - polysyndactyly ... short neck
  • Short stature - contractures - hypotonia ... short neck
  • Shprintzen omphalocele syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Simian B virus infection ... stiff neck
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 2 ... short neck
  • Sinusitis ... neck pain
  • Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... short neck
  • Small cell lung cancer, adult ... neck swelling
  • Sohval-Soffer syndrome ... short neck
  • Spinal Arthritis ... neck pain, neck stiffness
  • Spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal recessive 1 ... short neck
  • Spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal recessive 3 ... short neck
  • Spondylocostal dysplasia dominant ... short neck
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia congenita, Iraqi ... short neck
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with multiple dislocations ... short neck
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, micromelic ... short neck
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - brachydactyly and distinctive speech ... short neck
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome ... short neck
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda ... short neck
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita ... short neck
  • Spondylohypoplasia, arthrogryposis and popliteal pterygium ... short neck
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Kozlowski type ... short neck
  • Spondylosis ... pain spreading from neck down arms, neck pain, stiff neck
  • Strep throat ... swollen lymph nodes in neck
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... abnormal external carotid arteries
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... stiff neck
  • Superior vena cava syndrome ... neck swelling
  • Supraglottic laryngeal cancer ... neck lump
  • Syphilis ... swollen neck lymph nodes, stiff neck
  • Syringomyelia, cervical lesion ... neck pain, stiff neck

    T

  • Temporo-mandibular ankylosis ... neck pain
  • Tension headache ... neckache
  • Tetanus ... neck muscle rigidity, neck muscle spasm, stiff neck, stiff neck
  • Tetrasomy X ... webbed neck
  • Thakker-Donnai syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome TOS ... neck pain
  • Thymus Cancer ... Neck swelling, Neck pain
  • Thymus disorders ... Neck swelling, Neck pain
  • Thyroglossal tract cyst ... neck pain
  • Thyroid agenesis ... short neck
  • Thyroid cancer ... painless neck lump, neck swelling, neck nodule, neck lump, neck pain, Swollen neck lymph nodes
  • Thyroid cancer, anaplastic ... neck pain, goiter
  • Thyroid cancer, familial medullary ... neck lump
  • Thyroid cancer, follicular ... neck lump
  • Thyroid cancer, Hurthle cell ... neck lump, neck pain
  • Thyroid cancer, medullary ... neck lump
  • Thyroid cancer, papillary ... neck lump
  • Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect ... neck lump, goiter
  • Thyroiditis ... neck pain worse turning the head, tender thyroid gland, neck pain, swollen thyroid gland, neck pain worse with swallowing
  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Togaviridae disease ... stiff neck
  • Tonsilitis ... enlarged neck lymph glands
  • Toriello syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Tourette Syndrome ... neck stretching
  • Toxoplasmosis ... enlarged neck lymph nodes
  • Trigonocephaly - ptosis - coloboma ... short neck
  • Trisomy 19 mosaicism ... short neck
  • Trisomy 21 mosaicism ... short neck
  • Trisomy 22 mosaicism ... webbed neck
  • Trisomy 6 ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Tuberculous meningitis ... stiff neck
  • Tularemia ... cervical lymphadenopathy
  • Turner Syndrome ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Turner-mongolism polysyndrome ... short neck, webbed neck

    U

  • Unusual facies, mental retardation, short stature, hemolytic anemia and delayed puberty ... short neck
  • Unusual facies, short webbed neck, mental retardation, short stature ... short neck, webbed neck
  • Urban Roger Meyer syndrome ... Short neck
  • Urioste Martinez-Frias syndrome ... Short neck

    V

  • VACTERL with hydrocephalus, X-linked ... short neck
  • Van Allen Myhre syndrome ... Short neck
  • Verloes Gillerot Fryns syndrome ... Short neck
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection ... neck pain
  • Viral meningitis ... Retracting neck, pain on moving neck, pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck
  • Virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome ... Cervical lymphadenopathy
  • Vitamin K antagonists embryofoetopathy ... short neck
  • Vocal nodules ... sore neck

    W

  • Warthin's tumour ... Neck lump
  • Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Watson syndrome ... webbed neck
  • Weleber Hecht Bigley syndrome ... Short neck
  • West nile encephalitis ... Neck pain, Stiff neck
  • West Nile fever ... Neck pain, Stiff neck
  • Western equine encephalitis ... Stiff neck
  • Western/Eastern/California encephalitis ... Stiff neck
  • Whiplash ... neck pain, neck ligament injuries, neck stiffness
  • Whiplash Injuries ... neck pain, neck stiffness
  • Wildervanck syndrome ... short neck, fusion of neck vertebrae, webbed neck
  • Willems De vries syndrome ... Short neck

    X

  • X chromosome, duplication Xq13 1 q21 1 ... Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, monosomy Xp22 pter ... Short neck, Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, monosomy Xq28 ... Short neck, Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, trisomy 26-28 ... Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, trisomy Xp3 ... Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, trisomy Xpter Xq13 ... Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, trisomy Xq ... Webbed neck
  • X chromosome, trisomy Xq25 ... Webbed neck

    Conditions listing complications: Neck symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Neck symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    G

  • Graves Disease ... goiter

    H

  • Hypothyroidism due to iodide transport defect ... goiter

    O

  • Oral cancer ... neck cancer

    P

  • Pendred syndrome ... goiter

    W

  • Whiplash ... permanent neck pain

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  • Causes of Neck symptoms Based on Risk Factors

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  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Neck symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Neck symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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    Classifications of Neck symptoms:

    Subtypes of Neck symptoms:

    Stiff neck (58 causes), Neck swelling (62 causes), Neck lump (40 causes), Neck pain (72 causes), Bulging neck veins (1 cause), Neck rash (2 causes), Neck itch, Neck tingling/paresthesias, Neck numbness, Neck weakness (3 causes), Neck coldness, Neck bruise, Neck rash (2 causes), Neck spasm (1 cause), Neck Tingling, Engorged Neck Veins, Neck stiffness (14 causes), Webbed neck (66 causes), Brudzinski's sign, Cervical bruit, Buffalo Hump, Spasmodic Torticollis, Swollen neck lymph nodes (30 causes), Cervical lymphadenopathy (3 causes), Jugular vein distention (1 cause), Goitre (2 causes), Goiter (18 causes)

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