Assessment of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Saafan, Magdy Eisa

doi:10.4172/2161-1076.1000145

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“…ENE and peripheral rim enhancement with central necrosis had the highest specificity(100 %) to differentiate malignant lymph nodes from benign. Comparable results were obtained in various previous studies by K Sarvanan et al [ 16 ], Geetha NT et al [ 17 ] and M E Saafan et al [ 18 ] where they could obtain 100 % specificity for central necrosis with peripheral enhancement in differentiating malignant from benign lymph nodes.…”

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Comparison of CECT and CT perfusion in differentiating benign from malignant neck nodes in oral cavity cancers

Suryavanshi

Kumar

Manchanda

et al. 2021

European Journal of Radiology Open

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Aim The objective of the study was to assess the performance of CT Perfusion in comparison to CECT for preoperative detection of metastases to lymph nodes in squamous cell cancers of oral cavity. Methods Twenty-five patients with squamous cell cancers of oral cavity underwent CECT and CTP. Two radiologists evaluated CECT and CTP parameters independently. Surgery and post-operative histopathology was performed in all patients. Results Level wise analysis of the largest node was done. 102 lymph nodes on CECT and 82 lymph nodes on CTP were correlated with post-operative histopathological findings. CECT had a sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 75 %, 98.6 % and 91.2 %(p-value <0.001) respectively in differentiating benign from metastatic nodes. Mean transit time[MTT] was significantly the most accurate CTP parameter and carried a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and AUC of 90.5 %, 93.4 %, 92.7 % and 0.96 (p < 0.001). The sensitivity of MTT was higher than the sensitivity of overall CECT. Conclusions CTP is a promising tool for detection of metastatic cervical nodes in squamous cell cancers of the oral cavity.

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“…Similarly, lower specificity(89.66 %) and accuracy(84.85 %) for CECT were reported in a study by M E Saafan et al [ 18 ]. They also considered only 3 criteria to identify nodal metastases which included a size criteria of > 11 mm in SAD, central necrosis with peripheral enhancement and conglomeration of 3 or more lymph nodes.…”

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Comparison of CECT and CT perfusion in differentiating benign from malignant neck nodes in oral cavity cancers

Suryavanshi

Kumar

Manchanda

et al. 2021

European Journal of Radiology Open

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“…The ultrasound appearances suggestive of malignancy in lymph nodes are well‐established . Differential diagnoses for axillary lymphadenopathy include breast carcinoma with axillary spread, reactive lymphadenopathy, systemic disease such as systemic lupus erythematous and rheumatoid arthritis, and granulomatous diseases like tuberculosis…”

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Synchronous lymphoma and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with bilateral abnormal axillary lymph nodes

O'Brien¹

2016

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“…[ 2 ] The presence of positive LNs is a significant adverse prognostic factor for survival. [ 3 4 ] The rate of metastases to cervical LNs probably reflects the aggressiveness of the primary tumor. Between 10% and 52% of clinical LN negative (cN0) in neck are pathological LN positive (pN+).…”

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Comparative analysis of detecting cervical lymph node metastasis with fine needle aspiration cytology

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Objectives:We correlated the results of cervical lymph node (LN) status by T-tumor size, N-nodal metastasis, M-distant metastasis (TNM) staging, and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in oral cancer patients to assess the discrepancy index (DI) between nodal metastasis (N) and FNAC results of cervicofacial LNs.Materials and Methods:A total of 63 patients (29 females and 34 males) aged from 30 to 85 years were included in our study. Cervical LN status through TNM staging and FNAC results were matched and DI was calculated.Results:DI in case of nodal status was 64.10% and 43.47% for TNMN1 and N2, respectively, indicating that tendency for observation of positive result on FNAC increased from N1 to N2.Conclusion:Hence, we suggest that relying solely on clinical examination and routine diagnostic tests like FNAC may not be appropriate and additional diagnostic imaging modalities should be considered.

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Assessment of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Comparison of CECT and CT perfusion in differentiating benign from malignant neck nodes in oral cavity cancers

Comparison of CECT and CT perfusion in differentiating benign from malignant neck nodes in oral cavity cancers

Synchronous lymphoma and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with bilateral abnormal axillary lymph nodes

Comparative analysis of detecting cervical lymph node metastasis with fine needle aspiration cytology

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