Metastasis to the lateral retropharyngeal lymph node from squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: Report of three cases

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1004-1008

  Umeda, M ^a   Shigeta, T ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Kataoka, T ^a   Oguni, A ^a   Minamikawa, T ^a   Shibuya, Y ^a   Yokoo, S ^a   Komori, T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

lateral retropharyngeal lymph node; oral cancer; prognosis; rouvi re lymph node

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GINGIVA; GINGIVITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MAXILLA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOGENIC CYST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69749101498     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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