喉癌临床N0患者颈淋巴结转移的病理研究

目的 探讨喉癌临床Ｎ０患者颈淋巴结转移特点,为颈淋巴结处理方式选择提供根据。方法 ４０例临床Ｎ０喉癌患者被随机为选择性根治性颈廓清术及功能性颈廓清术两组。分别完成１３及２７例。将获得淋结逐一行病理检查,以确定转移情况。结果 ＲＮＤ组平均每侧获淋巴结３４．２枚,ＦＮＤ组为２７．４枚,差异无显著性。两组颈淋巴结转移率分别为３０．８％及３３．３％,总转移率为３２．５％。１３例颈淋巴结转移阳性病例中１２列     

声门上型喉癌cN0患者颈淋巴结转移的临床病理研究

为探讨声门上型临床颈淋巴结一喉癌病人颈淋巴结转移规律并为外科治疗的选择提供理论根据，对３５例ＣＮ０声门上型喉癌被随机分为选择性根治性颈廓清（ＥＲＮＤ）及选择性功能性颈廓清（ＥＦＮＤ）两组，分别完成１２及２３例。ＥＲＮＤ组平均每颈获取淋巴结３２．５枚，ＥＦＮＤ组２９．８枚，差异不显著。两组颈淋巴结转移率分别为３３．３％及３０．４％，总转移率为３１．４％，１１例颈淋巴结ＰＮ病例中有１０例（９０．９％）     

声门上型喉癌的颈显微转移与迟发转移

对１４７例双侧或对侧无临床淋巴结转移（ｃＮ０）的声门型喉癌作了颈显微转移和迟发转移观察。结果显示Ｔ１～Ｔ４双侧ｃＮ０的同侧显微转移率分别为０／１、２２．５％、３１．６％和３７，５％，平均２６．３％；同侧迟发转移率分别为１／３、２／１１、２／６和２／３，平均３０．４％；对侧迟发转移率分别为０／４、６．１％、８．０％和１８．２％，平均７．９％。Ｔ２～Ｔ４对侧ｃＮ０的对侧迟发转移率分别为９．５％、２６．１％和２８．６％，平均１９．６％。此数据对于决定ｃＮ０者是否行预防性颈廓清术有重要参考意义。     

声门上癌术后颈淋巴结的转移与再发

目的探讨选择性颈廓清术在声门上癌手术治疗中的作用。方法总结１９８１～１９９３年治疗的５８２例声门上癌术后颈淋巴结转移及廓清侧转移淋巴结再发情况。结果Ｔ３、Ｔ４病例３９２例（６７．４％），而Ｔ３Ｎ＋、Ｔ４Ｎ＋１４７例（３７．５％）。Ｔ３、Ｔ４占全组Ｎ＋的８６．５％（１４７／１７０）。Ｎ０未行颈廓清术１２６例，术后发生同侧及双侧颈淋巴结转移３３例，其９０．９％在Ｔ３、Ｔ４组（３０／３３）。Ｎ０行选择性颈廓清术２８６例，术后发生对侧转移４０例，其７５％也在Ｔ３、Ｔ４组（３０／４０）。对二次住院治疗的１６３例进行了随访。二期选择性颈廓清组３、５年生存率为８６．７％及７７．８％，术后转移组及术后再发组分别为６４．８％、３２．５％及３３．３％、３０．８％。组间有明显差异。结论对声门上癌Ｔ３、Ｔ４的Ｎ０病例应行选择性颈廓清术。出现转移后再行颈廓清术者疗效明显下降。声门上癌部分Ｔ２Ｎ０病例（如杓会厌皱襞癌、杓区癌或杓区受累、肿瘤＞２．０ｃｍ、溃疡型、周边呈浸润生长等）也不属早期病例，应行选择性颈廓清术     

声门上型喉癌临床N_0病理转移的观察

目的：为探讨喉癌颈淋巴结转移的规律，选择手术方法。方法：采用１１０例临床Ｎ０声门上型喉癌的１６４侧颈廓清术标本淋巴结连续切片方法观察。结果：发现颈淋巴结转移率为３５．５％（３９／１００）。提出临床Ｎ０病理转移的特点：１）转移淋巴结大小大多数介于０．５～１．５之间占８４．２％。２）转移淋巴结大多数为早期侵入期和生长发展期占８６．０％。３）转移淋巴结绝大多数为单发型占７４．４％。４）各个Ｔ分期均有转移淋巴结。结论：在颈淋巴结处理上，我们支持尽可能同期行选择性颈廓清术的观点     

喉癌颈淋巴结转移的病理分型和临床意义

为研究喉癌颈淋巴结转移的病理分型及其临床意义，在光镜下观察５５例颈廓清标本的转移淋巴结。显示：单发型２１例（３８．２％），其中９０．０％是潜在性转移，３年生存率为９０．５％；多发型１０例（１８．２％），７０．０％是潜在性转移，术后病理均是Ｎ２，３年生存率是７０．０％；融合型２４例，９２％术前可触到淋巴结，３年生存率是５４．２％。提示喉癌颈淋巴结转移病理上可以分为３型。此种分型具有指导治疗和估计预后     

喉癌癌变过程中CyclineE的表达及临床病理学意义

目的：研究喉癌癌变过程中ＣｙｃｉｉｎＥ的临床病理学意义。方法：用免疫组化检测２０例正常喉粘膜，４０例喉不典型增生和６０例喉癌组织中ＣｙｃｌｉｎＥ的表达。结果：ＣｙｃｌｉｎＥ阳性表达定位于肿瘤细胞核。在喉癌癌变过程中，喉正常粘膜、不黄型增生病变和喉癌中ＣｙｃｌｉｎＥ阳性表达率分别为：５．０％（１／２０），２０．０％（８／４０）和４５．０％（２７／６０）（Ｐ〈０．００１）。喉癌淋巴结转移组Ｃｙｃｌｉｎ     

声门上型喉癌颈淋巴结隐匿性转移

目的探讨声门上型喉癌隐匿性颈淋巴结转移的特点和规律。方法对１００例声门上型喉癌临床Ｎ０患者和颈廓清标本（１５３侧）进行连续切片,光镜观察。结果隐匿性转移率为３８％,发现转移淋巴结５１个,Ⅰ区１个（２％）,Ⅱ区３７个（７３％）,Ⅲ区１２个（２３％）,Ⅳ区１个（２％）,转移淋巴结的长径０．５～２．６ｃｍ,平均为１．１ｃｍ。５１个淋巴结中癌早期２１个（４１％）,癌长期１８个（３５％）,癌满期７个（１４％）,破膜期５个（１０％）。结论声门上型喉癌颈淋巴结的隐匿性转移率高,早期不易诊断,应积极行选择性颈廓清术。     

Myc基因家族在喉癌中的异常扩增及其意义

目的探讨Ｍｙｃ基因家族在喉癌中的异常扩增及其临床意义。方法应用ＰＣＲ非变性聚丙稀酰胺凝胶电泳激光扫描技术检测了３２例喉癌组织、１２例癌旁组织和６例正常组织。结果正常组织细胞Ｍｙｃ基因无扩增，３２例喉癌中４７％（１５／３２）有Ｃｍｙｃ和Ｌｍｙｃ扩增，４１％（１３／３２）有Ｎｍｙｃ基因扩增。Ｍｙｃ基因扩增率与年龄、性别、喉癌临床分期及分化程度无关（Ｐ＞０．０５），但有淋巴结转移的患者的Ｎｍｙｃ扩增率明显高于无淋巴结转移者（Ｐ＜０．０１）。结论Ｍｙｃ基因３个成员异常扩增是喉癌发生的原因之一，Ｎｍｙｃ扩增在喉癌淋巴结转移过程中可能起正性调控作用。     

下咽癌颈淋巴结转移的颈侧清扫探讨

目的 为了探讨颈侧清扫可否应用于临床Ｎ＋的下咽癌的颈部治疗。方法 对９３例下咽部颈清扫标本的转移性淋巴结在颈部的分布进行了回顾性分析。结果 颌下淋巴结转移占３．２％。Ｎ０,Ｎ１,Ｎ２ａ和Ｎ２ｂ～Ｎ３的颈后三角淋巴结转移率分别为：５．９％,７．０％,３７．５％和３６．０％。病理证实仅有颌下淋巴结转移或上、中颈深淋巴结转移,而无下颈深淋巴结转移时,颈后三角淋巴结转移率为４．０％,有下颈深淋巴结转移时,     

喉癌T2-4临床N0颈淋巴结转移的临床病理研究

OBJECTIVE: To study the characteristics of the cervical lymph node metastasis in clinical N0 (cN0) patients with laryngeal carcinoma and its implication in clinical treatment. METHODS: 76 patients with laryngeal carcinomas of T2-4cN0 category were divided into two groups in random: 21(22 sides) radical neck dissection(RND) and 55(60 sides) functional neck dissection(FND) were performed. Lymph nodes were studied histologically according to the levels. RESULTS: On an average, 29.6 lymph nodes were obtained in one side of neck in RND group, and 24.7 in FND group(F = 3.145, P = 0.068). The occult metastasis rates were 33.3% (7/21) in RND group and 34.5% (19/55) in FND group. 25 of 26 patients (96.2%) who had positive nodes involved only the levels II and III. 2130 lymph nodes were obtained in all samples, 59 of 60 positive nodes(98.3%) were located in the level II and III. The 5 and 10-year survival rates of the two groups were 71.4% (15/21), 76.4% (42/55) and 61.9% (13/21), 68.9% (31/45), respectively with no statistical difference(chi 2 = 0.2394, P > 0.5; chi 2 = 0.3143, P > 0.05). Ipsilateral cervical recurrence rates in two groups were 9.5% (2/21) and 7.3% (4/55), respectively with no statistical difference (chi 2 = 0.1059, P > 0.900). 10-year mortalities with negative and positive cervical lymph nodes were 16.7% (7/42) and 62.5% (15/24) respectively, which had statistically difference (chi 2 = 14.4375, P < 0.005). CONCLUSION: The lateral neck (level II, III and IV) dissection may be suitable for the treatment laryngeal carcinoma patients with T2-4cN0.     

Lymphatic metastasis to the supraretrospinal recess in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

In order to evaluate lymphatic metastasis to the supraretrospinal recess (SRSR) in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), we separately dissected SRSR lymph nodes and submitted them to pathological examination. Fifty-three lateral neck dissections (LNDs), 2 radical neck dissections (RNDs), and 19 modified RNDs were performed in 49 previously untreated patients with laryngeal SCC. The nodal status of the patients was N0 in 29 patients, N1 in 17, and N2 in 3. The neck was pathologically positive in both RNDs (100%), in 7 of 19 modified RNDs (37%), and in 7 of 53 LNDs (13%). No SRSR lymph nodes were positive in any of the dissection materials. No metastasis was found in the SRSR lymph nodes in the N0 necks treated with LND, and none was found even in N1 and N2 necks treated with RND or modified RND. We conclude that the SRSR may be left undissected during treatment of an N0 neck with LND so that accessory nerve dysfunction can be minimized and operative time can be saved.     

改良性颈廓清术在声门上型喉癌患者中的应用

目的 :为提高声门上型喉癌患者的生存率和生存质量 ,总结颈廓清术中保留颈内静脉的临床经验。方法 :88例声门上型喉癌患者中 ,在原发灶切除同时 ,共进行 146侧 (双侧 116例 ,单侧 30例 )颈廓清术 ,其中改良颈廓清 (MND)10 6侧 ,根治颈廓清 (RND) 4 0侧。双颈廓清术 5 8例 ,其中同期双颈廓清 32例 ,18例保留双侧颈内静脉 ,14例保留一侧颈内静脉 ;分期双颈廓清 2 6例 ,第一次均为 RND,第二次均为 MND。 30例行一侧颈廓清术 ,术中均保留颈内静脉。结果 :患者 3年生存率同期双颈廓清 81.5 % (2 2 / 2 7) ,分期双颈廓清 6 0 .9% (14/ 2 3) ,一侧颈廓清 75 % (15 / 2 0 )。5年生存率同期双颈廓清 6 1.5 % (16 / 2 6 ) ,分期双颈廓清 40 .9% (9/ 2 2 ) ,一侧颈廓清 70 .6 % (12 / 17)。 MND最大淋巴结直径≤ 3cm,术后复发率 12 .9% (11/ 85 ) ,>3cm者复发率为 47.6 % (10 / 2 1) ,总复发率为 19.8% (2 1/ 10 6 )。 RND术后颈淋巴结复发率为2 2 .5 % (9/ 40 )。结论 :声门上型喉癌常有双颈淋巴结转移 ,需行双颈廓清术 ,并必须保留一侧颈内静脉。在淋巴结小于3cm ,肉眼观与颈内静脉无粘连时保留颈内静脉 ,不增加淋巴结复发率 ,减少并发症 ,并提高生存质量。     

Management of extensive cervical nodal metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy: a clinicopathological study.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of afterloading brachytherapy following radical neck dissection (RND) in the management of extensive cervical lymph node disease in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy; and to examine prospectively prognostic factors and the pathologic behavior of neck disease. PATIENTS: Twenty-seven patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who had extensive cervical lymph node metastasis following external radiotherapy were treated with RND. Thirteen of them also underwent afterloading brachytherapy with iridium wire (Ir 192). The RND specimens of the 27 patients were also examined with step serial whole-specimen sectioning. RESULTS: All patients survived and their wounds healed primarily. Pathologic examination revealed 183 tumor-bearing lymph nodes that contained tumors in the neck: level I, 4% (8/183); level II, 53% (96/183); level III, 34% (62/183); level IV, 5% (9/183); and level V, 4% (8/183). Extracapsular tumor extension was seen in 84% of patients. Multivariate analysis identified the number of tumor-bearing lymph nodes detected in the specimens to be the only significant factor that affected control of disease. Although the neck disease in the group of patients who had afterloading brachytherapy was more extensive, the 3-year actuarial tumor control for the groups with and without brachytherapy were 60% and 61%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Recurrent cervical lymph nodes after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma are extensive and RND is mandatory for a successful salvage. When the nodal metastasis infiltrate or adhere to surrounding tissue, afterloading brachytherapy with iridium wire can provide satisfactory local tumor control.     

Level IIb lymph node metastasis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

OBJECTIVES: Selective neck dissection, despite preservation of the spinal accessory nerve, can lead to some degree of postoperative shoulder dysfunction as a result of removal of level IIb lymph nodes. The aim of this study was to determine whether level IIb lymph nodes can be preserved in elective or therapeutic neck dissection as a treatment for patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective analysis of a case series. METHODS: A prospective analysis of 65 patients with laryngeal SCC who underwent surgical treatment of the primary lesion with simultaneous neck dissection from January 1999 to December 2002 was performed. During the neck dissection, the contents of the level IIb lymph nodes were dissected, labeled, and processed separately from the remainder of level II nodes and the main neck dissection specimen. The incidence of pathologic metastasis to level IIb lymph nodes and the regional recurrence within this area were evaluated. In addition, several potential risk factors for metastatic disease in the level IIb lymph nodes such as sex, age, cT stage, cN stage, and the presence of other positive lymph nodes were also evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 125 neck dissections were performed in this series. Of these dissections, 102 (82%) were elective and 23 (18%) were therapeutic. The prevalence of metastases in the level IIb lymph nodes was 1% (one of 46) and 0% (zero of 56) in clinically node-negative (N0) ipsilateral and contralateral necks, respectively, and 37% (seven of 19) and 0% (zero of four) in clinically node-positive ipsilateral and contralateral necks, respectively. There was a statistically significant association between level IIb metastases and clinically positive N stage (P<.001). The presence of other positive lymph nodes was also shown to have a statistically significant association with metastasis in the level IIb lymph nodes (P=.001). Only two of 46 patients (4%) with clinically N0 necks developed a regional recurrence. However, three of eight cases (38%) with positive pathologic level IIb lymph nodes developed regional recurrence. CONCLUSION: Level IIb lymph node pads may be preserved in elective neck dissection in patients with laryngeal SCC. However, this area should be removed thoroughly during therapeutic neck dissection in the treatment of clinically node-positive necks.     

Regional metastatic pattern of papillary thyroid carcinoma

The objective of the present study was to determine the pattern of lymphatic spread in papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically positive nodes. Between 1999 and 2008, a total of 48 consecutive patients with clinical evidence of cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma underwent 61 modified radical neck dissections (13 being bilateral) including levels II–VI. All neck dissection specimens were separated during surgery into levels and analysis was done with respect to the levels of neck. T value of tumor and demographic parameters were compared with the number of metastatic nodes with univariate analysis. The median number of pathologic nodes in neck dissection specimen was 7.0. The predominant site of metastasis was level VI (77%), followed by level III (69%), level IV (66%), and level II (46%). Level V showed 34% of nodal metastasis. Seven patients had level VII, and five patients had parapharyngeal lymph node dissections because of lymphatic involvement at these sites. There was no statistically significant correlation between T value, age, sex and the number of histologically positive lymph nodes (P = 0.39, P = 0.91 and P = 0.84, respectively). It was concluded that the high incidence of metastatic disease in levels II through VI supports the recommendation for level II through level VI neck dissection in patient with clinically positive neck disease.     

Level IIb lymph node metastasis in thyroid papillary carcinoma

The objective of the study was to evaluate the incidence of level IIb lymph node metastases in neck dissections for thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC) patients. 47 neck dissections of 33 patients with TPC were prospectively evaluated. Selective neck dissections (levels II, III, IV, and V) were performed in all cases. If level I lymph node metastasis was suspected during the procedure, level I dissection was also performed. All level IIb specimens were sent separately from the remainder of the neck dissection for the pathological examination. The number of dissected and metastatic lymph nodes in each specimen was recorded. Twenty-two of 47 neck dissections (46.8%) were positive for the lymph node metastasis. Among 47 neck dissection specimens, the incidence of lymph node metastasis at level II was 12.7% (6 of 47) and level IIb was 2.1% (1 of 47). The rate of level IIb lymph node involvement among patients with metastatic cervical lymph nodes was 4.5% (1 of 22). The specimen with metastatic lymph node at level IIb had also metastasis at levels IIa, III, IV, and V. The results of the present study suggested that lymph node metastases in level IIb are rare in patients with TPC undergoing neck dissection.     

喉癌颈部转移淋巴结分布研究

目的 :回顾分析我院 1990年 4月～ 2 0 0 0年 4月收治的喉癌患者 2 89例颈部转移淋巴结的分布情况 ,指导颈清扫手术。方法 :将 2 89例分为 3组 :第 1组 :颈清扫术后有转移淋巴结的分布 (181例 ) ;第 2组 :术后病理诊断阴性淋巴结的免疫组化研究 (71例 ) ;第 3组 :未清扫者随访中再转移淋巴结的分布研究 (37例 )。结果 :第 1组清扫 2 4 2侧 ,颈部Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ、Ⅵ区转移率分别为 2 .8%、98.3%、32 .6 %、15 .0 %、13.0 %、2 1.4 % ;第 2组 71例 ,其中 4 6例 (5 0侧 )免疫组化研究发现 13个淋巴结内有微灶转移 ,分布于 11例患者中 ,所有转移淋巴结均分布在Ⅱ区 ;第 3组 37例 ,施行挽救性手术共 4 5侧 ,Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ区转移率分别为 2 .2 %、10 0 %、4 8.9%、2 6 .7%、13.3%。结论 :喉癌首先转移和主要转移部位为Ⅱ区 ,其次为Ⅲ区 ;Ⅳ、Ⅴ区发生率则较低 ,颌下区几乎不发生转移。喉癌患者的颈清扫应在常规清扫颈侧Ⅱ～Ⅳ区淋巴结的同时 ,根据病变范围情况行Ⅳ区的清扫 ,对颌下三角和颈后三角 (Ⅴ区 )在无影像学和术中证实的条件下 ,应予以保留 ,以缩短手术操作时间和减少术后并发症的发生     

Level V Lymph Node Dissection in Oral and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Clinically Node‐Positive Neck: Is it Absolutely Necessary?

OBJECTIVES: Postoperative shoulder dysfunction has been significantly associated with any dissection of level V secondary to traction or with ischemic injury to the spinal accessory nerve. The aim of this study was to determine whether the dissection of level V lymph node pads is absolutely necessary in therapeutic neck dissection as a treatment for oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OOSCC) patients with clinically N+ neck. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 93 OOSCC patients who underwent surgical treatment of the primary lesion along with a simultaneous comprehensive neck dissection from January 1992 to December 2003. Of these, only one patient had a clinically positive neck node at level V. During the neck dissection, the contents of the level V lymph nodes were dissected, labeled, and processed separately from the remainder of the major neck dissection specimen. We studied the incidence of pathologic metastasis to level V lymph nodes. In addition, we also evaluated several potential risk factors for metastatic disease in the level V lymph nodes such as sex, age, T stage, N stage, histologic grade, and presence of other positive lymph nodes. RESULTS: A total of 96 comprehensive neck dissections were performed in this series. The prevalence of metastases in the level V lymph nodes was 5% (5 of 93) in ipsilateral and 0% (0 of 3) in contralateral necks. One case with clinically positive node at level V had a pathologic positive node in level II, III, IV, and V. Occult metastasis rate of ipsilateral level V was 4% (4 of 92). There was a statistically significant association between level V metastases and a positive N stage above N2b (P=.01). The presence of metastasis in other multiple neck levels, particularly the combined neck levels II, III, and IV, also have a statistically significant association with level V metastasis (P=.023). CONCLUSION: Level V lymph node pads may be preserved in modified neck dissections on OOSCC patients with clinically N+ neck below the nodal stage N2a.