NECK DISSECTION FOR LARYNGEAL ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA - IS IT INDICATED

被引:23
作者
FERLITO, A
BARNES, L
MYERS, EN
机构
[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PRESBYTERIAN HOSP,DEPT PATHOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[2] EYE & EAR HOSP,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[3] UNIV PITTSBURGH,DEPT OTOLARYNGOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
关键词
adenoid cystic carcinoma; laryngeal tumor; neck dissection;
D O I
10.1177/000348949009900405
中图分类号
R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100213 ;
摘要
The authors report six cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma with a view to evaluating the validity of neck dissection in this tumor. Adenoid cystic carcinoma may invade regional lymph nodes by direct extension, but true embolic lymph node metastases are so rare, if they exist at all, that neck dissection may be considered an overtreatment. © 1990, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
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