Some neck swelling may be present after an injury to the neck. This
type of swelling will go away once healing begins.
Other causes of neck swelling include:
- Enlarged
lymph nodes from an infection, such as a sore throat
or from a cancerous tumor.
- An enlarged
thyroid gland from thyroid hormone
changes.
- Deep neck
abscesses from a throat or mouth
infection.
- Cysts near the jaw, such as a
thyroglossal duct cyst, or below the earlobe, such as a branchial cleft cyst.
- Swollen
salivary glands.
- Mumps. Swelling
of the parotid gland may cause facial and neck swelling.
