Yoruk O, Yuksel R, Yuksel Y, Dane S. Left-right asymmetry in neck lymph nodes distribution in patients with bilateral laryngeal cancer.
Surg Radiol Anat 2013;
36:239-42. [PMID:
23897538 DOI:
10.1007/s00276-013-1176-3]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to examine left-right asymmetry in involved and total neck lymph nodes distribution in patients with bilateral laryngeal cancer in the present study.
METHODS
Forty-six patients with bilateral laryngeal cancer was included the study. The oncologic database of our otorhinolaryngology department was used. The right and left lymph node with and without involvement by cancer cells counts were retrieved from pathological reports.
RESULTS
The numbers of both involved and total neck lymph nodes were significantly higher on right side than on left side for all neck levels in laryngeal malignancies.
CONCLUSIONS
The results of the present study suggest the existence of a left-right asymmetry in neck lymph node distribution and in the neck lymph node distribution involved by laryngeal cancer cells. The stronger cell-mediated immune activity in the left side of humans may be associated with the blocking of the metastatic invasion of cancer cells from laryngeal malignancies in the left body side.
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