BACKGROUND Radical hysterectomy has traditionally been the treatment of choice for early invasive cervical carcinoma. Validation of the sentinel lymph node concept in gynaecology has led to less radical surgery. If preservation of fertility is an issue, then radical trachelectomy is an accepted approach. CASE REPORT A 29-year-old female presented with stage IB1 cervical cancer was treated by ...

Metastatic melanoma with unknown primary [MUP] is a rare presentation. MUP with palpable lymphadenopathy without an identifiable primary or distant metastasis are a subgroup of this rare entity. MUP with nodal involvement most commonly involves axillary lymph nodes followed by inguinal and cervical lymph nodes. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) plays an important role in establishing the diagnosis in ...

BACKGROUND Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is most common in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The bi-directional spread is a key feature of LNM in patients with thoracic esophageal SCC (TE-SCC). The purpose of this study was to analyze the prognostic factors of survival in patients with TE-SCC with cervical lymph node metastasis (CLM) and validate the staging system of the current American...

in this research,  300  pairs of lymph nodes; prescapular, prefemoral and popliteal were collected from lori – bakhtiari sheep in shahrekord abattoir. the specimens divided in two age groups (6 -12 month and 13 – 18 months) and then length, width and thickness of them were recorded using by caliper. for histological studies, lymph nodes were processed through routine tissue preparation techniqu...

OBJECTIVE Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the common causes of cervical lymphadenopathy during early childhood. The purpose of this study was to compare the ultrasonographic feature of cervical lymph nodes in patients with KD, bacterial lymphadenitis, and infectious mononucleosis. DESIGN We studied 22 patients with KD, 8 with presumed bacterial lymphadenitis, and 5 with Epstein-Barr virus inf...

Parotid malignancy may occur as a primary neoplasm of the salivary tissue or as metastatic involvement of the parotid lymph nodes. Primary tumors of squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma involving the skin of the head and neck have the potential to spread to lymph nodes of the parotid gland. Metastatic malignant melanoma to the back was exceptionally rare and no such reports have been ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sonographic criteria of the lymph node have been found to be good indicators for metastatic lymph nodes. We determined which sonographic features are most predictive of metastasis in cervical lymph nodes among patients with head and neck cancer. METHODS Gray-scale and power Doppler sonograms were retrospectively analyzed in 133 cervical lymph nodes (57 metastatic and 76...

BACKGROUND Cervical nodal status is one of prognostic factors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors of cervical node status including site and size of primary tumors, presence of lymphovascular invasion, and size of cervical node for appropriate further treatment in HNSCC. METHODS A 5-year retrospective review of patie...

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the dose distribution and coverage of level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph nodes during whole breast tangential field radiotherapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: The level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph node volumes were retrospectively contoured by a single radiation oncologist based on computed tomography...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Intraoral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the common tobacco related cancers affecting Indian population. These tumours are slow growing, endophytic and are mostly well differentiated. Cervical lymph node is the common site of metastasis of these tumours. In most of the patients cervical lymph node metastasis rather than the primary tumour, affects prognosis. H...