Correlation between the incidence of central nodal necrosis in cervical lymph node metastasis and the extent of differentiation in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Morimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Kurokawa, H ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Kito, S ^a   Okabe, S ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Ohba, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nodal necrosis; CT; Lymph node; Lymphatic metastasis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CENTRAL NODAL NECROSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATINIZATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32544446457     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/24536918     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Cummings BJ. Radiation therapy and treatment of the cervical lymph nodes. In: Cummings CW, Fredrickson JM, Harker LA (eds). Otolarynbology head and neck surgery, 2nd Edition, Vol 2, St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, 1993: pp. 1626-1648.
2. Johnson JT. A surgeon looks at cervical lymph nodes. Radiology 1990; 175: 607-610.
3. Spiro RH. The management of neck nodes in head and neck cancer: a surgeon's view. Bull NY Acad Med 1985; 61: 629-637.
4. Batsakis JG. Tumor of the head and neck, clinical and pathological considerations, 2nd Edition. Baltimore, MD: Willimams & Wilkins, 1979.
5. Kuisk H. Development, structure, and function of the lymphatic system. In: Kusik H (ed). Technique of lymphography and principles of interpretation. St Louis, MO: Green, 1971: pp. 5-14.
6. Som PM. Update on imaging metastatic cervical lymph node: criteria and differential diagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992; 158: 961-969.
7. Som PM. Lymph nodes. In: Som PM, Curtin HD (eds). Head and neck imaging, 3rd Edition. St Louis, MO: Mosby, 1996: pp. 772-793.
8. Dooms GC, Hricak H, Crooks LE, Higgins CB. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lymph nodes: comparison with CT. Radiology 1984; 153: 719-728.
9. Friedman M, Shelton VK, Mafee M, Bellity P, Grybauskas V, Skolnik E. Metastatic neck disease: evaluation by computed tomography. Arch Otolaryngol 1984; 110: 443-447.
10. Stevens MH, Harnsberger HR, Mancuso AA, Davis RK, Johnson LP, Parkin JL. Computed tomography of cervical lymph nodes: staging and management of head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol 1985; 111: 735-739.
11. Close LG, Merkel M, Vuitch MF, Reisch J, Schaefer SD. Computed tomographic evaluation of regional lymph node involvement in cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx. Head and Neck 1989; 11: 309-317.
12. Mancuso AA, Maceri D, Rice D, Hanafee W. CT of cervical lymph node cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1981; 136: 381-385.
13. Feinmesser R, Freeman JL, Nojek AM. Metastatic neck disease: a clinical/radiographic/pathologic correlative study. Arch Otolaryngol 1987; 113: 1307-1310.
14. Som PM. Lymph nodes of the neck. Radiology 1987; 165: 593-600.
15. Yousem DM, Som PM, Hackney DB, Schwaibold F, Hendrix RA. Central nodal necrosis and extra capsular neoplastic spread in cervical lymph nodes: MR imaging versus CT. Radiology 1992; 182: 753-759.
16. Snow GB, Annyas AA, van Slooten EA, Bartelink H, Hart AA. Prognostic factors of neck node metastasis. Clin Otolaryngol 1982; 7: 185-192.
17. van den Brekel MW, Stel HV, Castelijns JA, Nauta JJ, van der Waal I, Valk J, et al. Cervical lymph node metastasis: assessment of radiologic criteria. Radiology 1990; 177: 379-384.
18. Yamamoto E, Kohama G, Sunakawa H, Iwai M, Hiratsuka H. Mode of invasion, bleomycin sensitivity, and clinical course in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Cancer 1983; 51: 2175-2180.
19. Honma Y. A study on metastasis to the cervical lymph node of oral cancer. Jpn J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1982; 28: 1667-1684. (In Japanese).
20. Mancuso AA, Harnsberger HR, Muraki AS, Stevens MH. Computed tomography of cervical and retropharyngeal lymph nodes: normal anatomy, variants of normal, and applications on staging head and neck cance. Part I: Normal anatomy. Radiology 1983; 148: 709-714.
21. Mancuso AA, Harnsberger HR, Muraki AS, Stevens MH. Computed tomography of cervical and retropharyngeal lymph nodes: normal anatomy, variants of normal, and applications on staging head and neck cancer. Part II: Pathology. Radiology 1983; 148: 715-723.
22. Lee AS, Weissleder R, Brady TJ, Wittenberg J. Lymph nodes: microstructural anatomy at MR imaging. Radiology 1991; 178: 519-522.
23. Steinkamp HJ, Hosten N, Richter C, Schedel H, Felix R. Enlarged cervical lymph nodes at helical CT. Radiology 1994; 191: 795-798.
24. Harnsberger HR, et al. Lymph node disease. In: Harnsberger HR, et al. (eds). Diagnostic imaging head and neck, 1st Edition. Salt Lake City, UT, Amirsys, 2004: pp. III-2-2-33.
25. William WC, Harold CP, (editors). The neck: diagnosis and surgery, 1st Edition. St Louis, MO: Mosby, 1994.