Clinical Significance of Cervical Lymph Node Biopsy

Kim, Kyung Rae; Jang, Sang Ho; Oh, Seung Hun; Sohn, Hee Young; Lee, Uk Young; Kim, Sung Kyu; Lee, Won Young; Kim, Ki Ho

doi:1983.30.3.125

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 30(3); 1983 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1983;30(3):125-129.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.3.125 Published online September 1, 1983.

Clinical Significance of Cervical Lymph Node Biopsy

Kyung Rae Kim, Sang Ho Jang, Seung Hun Oh, Hee Young Sohn, Uk Young Lee, Sung Kyu Kim, Won Young Lee, Ki Ho Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

경부 임파선 생검의 임상적 의의

김경래, 장상호, 오승헌, 손희영, 이욱용, 김성규, 이원영, 김기호

Abstract

One hundred and fifty five cases of cervical lymph node biopsy were analysed pathologically and clinically. The results were as follows; 1) Cervical lymphadenopathy was distributed at all ' age group and the ratio between male and female was 1. 25 : 1 2) The most common cause of cervical lymphadenopathy was tuberculous lymphadenitis (35.90%) and the next was metastatic carcinoma(26.93%). 3) In the cases of metastatic carcinoma, primary foci were detected in 90%. the majority of primary foci were lung(59.52%) and stomach(9.52%). 4) The most common cell type of metastatic carcinoma was epidermoid carcinoma(35. 71 %) and the next was adenocarcinoma(35. 71 %), and 73.3% of epidermoid carcinoma were originated from lung cancer. 5) The majority of upper 1/3 and mid 1/3 were tuberculous lymphadenitis(41. 18%, 45.0%), but in lower 1/3, metastatic carcinoma(56.90%) was more about 2 time than tuberculotis lymphadenitis (22.41 %). Also primary site of 63.63% of lower 1/3 metastatic carcinoma was lung.