Tuberc Respir Dis.  1983 Sep;30(3):125-129. 10.4046/trd.1983.30.3.125.

Clinical Significance of Cervical Lymph Node Biopsy

• KMID: 2528802
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.3.125

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.