Squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. Prognostic significance of the capsular rupture and extracapsular spread of lymph node metastases

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S Wenzel, U Koch

Abstract

The capsular rupture and subsequent extranodal spread of lymph node metastases is of crucial and well established prognostic value in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. Besides the basic histologic definition of the extranodal spread (i.e. contact of the metastasis with perinodal fatty tissue), there is no agreement on the morphologic extent of transcapsular spread. As a measure of improvement, a histologic evaluation differentiating between seven gradual types of metastatic nodal affection was applied. The histologic scheme considers intranodal growth, infiltration of the capsule, the presence of desmoplasia and especially the rupture of the capsule and the subsequent extranodal spread of the metastasis. As extranodal spread is an easily reproducible and reliably significant prognostic criterion, it should be included in the current TNM classification, e.g., by an addition of the index R+ (lymph node metastasis with capsular rupture) or R- (lymph node metastasis without capsular rupture) to the N category.

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Sep 13, 2020·Head and Neck Pathology·Chadi Nimeh Abdel-HalimChristian Godballe

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