Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes?

Suton, Petar; Lukšić, Ivica; Müller, Danko; Virag, Mihajlo

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2011.12.027

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“…To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the incidence of contralateral lymph node metastasis in dogs with oral melanoma; however, contralateral lymph node metastasis in humans with oral melanoma has been reported. 17 Lymph node metastasis was not found to be of prognostic value among the dogs in the present study. This was similar to the findings of 2 previous studies, 15 which did not show regional lymph node involvement to be prognostic.…”

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Efficacy of systemic adjuvant therapies administered to dogs after excision of oral malignant melanomas: 151 cases (2001–2012)

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Efficacy of systemic adjuvant therapies administered to dogs after excision of oral malignant melanomas: 151 cases (2001–2012)

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“…Prior studies have found that regional recurrence occurs in approximately 8% of patients who are found to have a negative SLNB, which correlates well with the 4% in our study . It has been shown that nodal drainage basins in the head and neck are variable among individuals and it has also been shown that all patients with CMHN anterior to the external auditory canal are at risk for intraparotid lymph node metastases . Twenty‐seven percent (3/11) of the positive sentinel lymph node biopsies in this study were intraparotid lymph nodes (Table ).…”

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“…13 It has been shown that nodal drainage basins in the head and neck are variable among individuals and it has also been shown that all patients with CMHN anterior to the external auditory canal are at risk for intraparotid lymph node metastases. 9,14,15 Twenty-seven percent (3/11) of the positive sentinel lymph node biopsies in this study were intraparotid lymph nodes (Table 3). Of the 11 patients who developed a regional recurrence, none developed a regional recurrence in a nodal basin that would be considered unexpected based on primary tumor location ( Table 4).…”

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Patterns of recurrence and retreatment outcomes among clinical stage I and II head and neck melanoma patients

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Background The objective of this study was to determine survival outcomes in patients who underwent retreatment of recurrent cases of cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck (CMHN). Methods Retrospective review of all patients who were treated for primary clinical stage I or II CMHN between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2015. Results Twenty percent (33/168) of the patients developed a recurrence. Sixty‐six percent (4/6) of patients who developed local recurrence first and 50% (3/6) of patients who developed regional recurrence first were alive without evidence (NED) of disease at last follow‐up, while 0% (0/21) of patients who developed distant or simultaneous recurrences first were NED at last follow‐up. Among the 7 patients who were NED, the mean time from recurrence to last follow‐up was 735 days. Conclusions Of patients with isolated local or regional recurrences, 58% (7/12) obtained durable curative treatment for recurrent melanoma.

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“…10,15 Our results concerning the associated clinically pathological cervical nodes appeared to be consistent with previously reported lymphatic drainage patterns of the cutaneous area of the head and neck. 4,11,[18][19][20] The parotid lymph nodes drain a large part of the cutaneous area of the head and neck. Lymph drainage from the ocular adnexa, forehead and the lateral aspect of the head is first drained to the parotid nodes and subsequently to the upper cervical nodes, such as the external jugular nodes and Level 2 nodes.…”

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Metastases to the parotid nodes: CT and MR imaging findings

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et al. 2016

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Objectives: To present and characterize CT and MR imaging findings of metastases to the parotid nodes. Methods: CT (n 5 10) and MR (n 5 11) images from 14 patients with metastases to the parotid nodes were reviewed. The primary tumour sites were the ocular adnexa in five patients, facial skin in four patients, upper aerodigestive tract in four patients and thyroid gland in one patient. CT and MR images were evaluated with emphasis on the size and number of parotid tumours, their location in the parotid gland, the presence of associated clinically pathological cervical nodes or previous history of cervical node metastasis, margin characteristics and the presence of central necrosis.

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Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes?

Cited by 32 publications

References 43 publications

Efficacy of systemic adjuvant therapies administered to dogs after excision of oral malignant melanomas: 151 cases (2001–2012)

Efficacy of systemic adjuvant therapies administered to dogs after excision of oral malignant melanomas: 151 cases (2001–2012)

Patterns of recurrence and retreatment outcomes among clinical stage I and II head and neck melanoma patients

Metastases to the parotid nodes: CT and MR imaging findings

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