head and neck neoplasm
MONDO:0005586Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names head and neck neoplasm yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the anatomic structures of the head and neck region. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma and nasal cavity papilloma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and salivary gland carcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005586), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (37)
- benign epithelial tumor of salivary glands
- buccal mucosa neoplasm
- cavernous hemangioma of face
- cranial nerve neoplasm
- ear neoplasm
- epignathus
- eye neoplasm
- facial dermoid cyst
- familial thyroglossal duct cyst
- gasserian ganglion meningioma
- gingival neoplasm
- head and neck cancer
- head and neck paraganglioma
- juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
- laryngeal neuroendocrine neoplasm
- laryngotracheal angioma
- lip neoplasm
- lipoma of face
- malignant epithelial tumor of salivary glands
- nasal cavity and paranasal sinus lethal midline granuloma
- nasal cavity and paranasal sinus neoplasm
- nasal cavity neoplasm
- nasal ganglioglioma
- nasal glial heterotopia
- nasopharyngeal neoplasm
- neoplasm of floor of mouth
- neoplasm of hypopharynx
Other names
16 names
Resolves to: head and neck neoplasm
- Also called
- craniocervical region neoplasmcraniocervical region neoplasm (disease)craniocervical region tumorcraniocervical region tumourhead and neck neoplasm (excluding central nervous system)head and neck tumorhead and neck tumourneoplasm of craniocervical regionneoplasm of head and neckneoplasm of the head and necktumor of craniocervical regiontumor of head and necktumor of the head and necktumour of craniocervical regiontumour of head and neck