| Literature DB >> 29515931 |
İsa Kaya1, Kerem Öztürk1, Göksel Turhal1.
Abstract
Metastasis to the sublingual lymph nodes is very rare in oral cavity cancers. We present an early-stage floor of the mouth (FOM) cancer case with metastasis to the sublingual lymph node. Even though the rate of metastatic sublingual lymph nodes is low, the uncommon presence of sublingual lymph node metastasis in an early-stage FOM cancer case raises the question of routine FOM dissection. Further anatomic and pathologic studies addressing the rate and pattern of sublingual lymph node metastasis are warranted.Entities:
Keywords: Floor of the mouth carcinoma; lymph node metastasis; squamous cell carcinoma; sublingual region
Year: 2017 PMID: 29515931 PMCID: PMC5839527 DOI: 10.5152/tao.2017.2461
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol ISSN: 2667-7466