The patterns of cervical lymph node metastatic squamous cell carcinoma from different primary sites of head and neck cancers
- VernacularTitle:头颈部鳞癌颈部淋巴结转移规律的探讨
- Author:
Zhuoying WANG
;
Hongshi WANG
;
Aolong TIAN
;
Al ET
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
head and neck neoplasms;
squamous cell carcinoma;
lymphatic metastasis;
tomography;
X ray computed
- From:
China Oncology
1998;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Purpose:To analyze the patterns of cervical lymph node metastasized from different primary sites of head and neck cancers based on computed tomography (CT) imaging study.Methods:We studied the CT showing the positional relationship between 160 patients with different primary sites of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and their cervical lymph node metastases using our new modified classification retrospectively.Results:The metastatic rates of level Ⅱa, Ⅱc and Ⅴ were significantly different between nasopharyngeal and non nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( P
