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Table 3 Histological diagnosis and staging in patients with cervical lymphadenopathy

From: Open cervical lymph node biopsy for head and neck cancers: any benefit?

 

Diagnosis

Clinical Stage

Path. Stage

Site

1

Papillary SCC

3

4a

Oropharynx- R tonsil

2

Non-keratinizing SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx- L wall

3

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- L wall

4

Well-differentiated SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx

5

Un-differentiated SCC

4a

4b

Nasopharynx- L wall

6

Un-differentiated SCC

3

4b

Oropharynx- soft palate

7

Rhabdomyosarcoma

3

3

Nasopharynx

8

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- R wall

9

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

3

3

L max. sinus

10

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

4b

4b

Oropharynx- L tonsil

11

Un-differentiated SCC

4a

4b

Nasopharynx

12

Keratinizing SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

13

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- R wall

14

Poorly-differentiated SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx

15

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- R wall

16

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- L wall

17

Adenocarcinoma

4a

4b

R nose

18

Well-differentiated SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx

19

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

3

3

Oropharynx- R tonsil

20

Lymphoepithelioma

3

3

Nasopharynx

21

Un-differentiated SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx- L wall

22

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

23

Non-keratinizing SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx

24

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

25

Poorly-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- R wall

26

Poorly-differentiated SCC

4a

4b

Nasopharynx- R wall

27

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- L wall

28

Poorly-differentiated SCC

3

4b

Oropharynx- R tonsil

29

Non-keratinizing SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

30

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

4a

4a

Oropharynx- L tonsil

31

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx- L wall

32

Non-keratinizing SCC

3

4b

Nasopharynx

33

Un-differentiated SCC

3

4a

Nasopharynx- R wall

34

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

35

Unknown

3

  

36

Poorly-differentiated SCC

4b

4b

R ethm.sinus

37

Un-differentiated SCC

4a

4b

Nasopharynx

38

Well-differentiated SCC

3

3

Nasopharynx

  1. Key: R-right, L-left, SCC-squamous cell carcinoma, Ethm.-ethmoid, Path.-pathological