Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Regauer, S; Mannweiler, S; Anderhuber, W; Gotschuli, A; Berghold, A; Schachenreiter, J; Jakse, R; Beham, A.
Cystic lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma of Waldeyer's ring origin.
Br J Cancer. 1999; 79(9-10):1437-1442
Doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690229
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Regauer Sigrid
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Anderhuber Wolfgang
- Beham Alfred
- Berghold Andrea
- Mannweiler Sebastian
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- Abstract:
- We analysed in a retrospective study the frequency of cystic lymph node (LN) metastases in neck dissection specimens of 123 patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising in the palatine tonsils (62 M/14 F), the base of the tongue (38 M/5 F) and the nasopharynx (2 M/2 F). Eighty-two per cent of patients had metastases (64 tonsillar SCC, 33 base of tongue SCC and all four nasopharynx SCC) in 368 LN of a total 2298 sampled LN. Thirty-nine per cent of patients had exclusively solid metastases and 37% of patients had exclusively cystic metastases. A total of 62 patients had some signs of cyst formation in one or more metastatically affected LN (27 with only histological evidence of cyst formation with luminal diameters < 5 mm, 35 with clinically detectable cyst with luminal diameter > 5 mm). Cystic metastases were more common in patients with SCC of the base of the tongue (P = 0.005), while solitary clinically evident cystic metastasis with lumina > 5 mm were found exclusively in tonsillar carcinoma (P = 0.024). In comparison with solid metastases, cyst formation was associated with N-categories (N2b and N3, P = 0.005) in SCC of the base of the tongue origin. No such association was observed for tonsillar SCC (P = 0.65). The primary mechanism of cyst formation was cystic degeneration.
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- Branchioma - secondary
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- Female - pathology
- Humans - pathology
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- Neck - pathology
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- Waldeyers Ring
- Oropharynx
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