Relationship of Oral Tumor Thickness with the rate of lymph node metastasis in Neck based on CT Scan.
Pak J Med Sci
; 33(2): 353-357, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the relationship of tumor thickness of oral lesions with metastasis in neck based on CT scan.METHODS:
A total of 58 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients having the median age of 46 (39-55) years. with either gender presented with malignant tumor of buccal mucosa and tongue were prospectively enrolled. A CT Scan with contrast was performed on all patients. Correlation of tumor thickness level with metastasis in neck was calculated using spearman's rank correlation coefficient test.RESULTS:
Median age of the patients was 46 (39-55) years with preponderance of male gender, i.e. 48 (82.8%). Strong positive significant correlation was observed in between transverse dimension (TS) tumor size and stages of tumor (rho 0.673, p-value <0.001), Anterioposterior (AP) tumor size and stages of tumor (rho 0.675, p-value <0.001), and Craniocaudal (CC) tumor size and stages of tumor (rho 0.771, p-value <0.001).CONCLUSION:
CT scan of neck with contrast can be used for predicting the positive presence of lymph node in neck with primary tumors having a size of more than 4 mm.
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