Diagnostic, Surgical, and Postoperative Challenges of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Neck: Clinical Experience and Literature Review

Neuroendocrine tumors of the neck present diagnostic challenges because of nonspecific clinical findings mimicking other conditions. Preoperative tissue diagnosis is mostly unsuccessful, and exact diagnosis requires excisional biopsy. Surgical excision, which is the main treatment, often has associated technical difficulties and unavoidable complications requiring further intervention.