Head and neck cancer differential diagnosis

Diseases with similar symptoms

 * oral cancer
 * cancer of the larynx
 * thyroid cancer
 * adenoid cystic carcinoma - a type of salivary gland cancer
 * Burkitt's lymphoma - a type of lymphoma that affects the head and neck
 * Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans - a type of sarcoma that may involve the head and neck
 * Hodgkin's disease - a lymphoma that often involves the lymph nodes in the neck
 * paraganglioma - usually found in the head and neck region
 * skin cancers - may involve the head and neck