Neck pain and fever

DDx

  • Influenza or flu-like syndrome
  • Pharyngitis with tender lymphadenopathy
  • Meningitis
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Metastatic cancer
  • Deep neck infection, eg, Ludwig's angina
  • Thyroiditis
  • Temporal (giant cell) arteritis

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Last updated: December 1, 2014