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Table.5 Reports of recurrence of RLNs

From: Radiologic criteria of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in maxillary sinus cancer

 

Total number

Number of RLN recurrences (%)

Stage

Pathology

Treatment

Radiologic criteria on metastatic RLN

Kimura et al. 1998

NR

2

T3N1M0, T3N0M0

SCC, ME

S + IART, S + AC

NR

Le et al. 2000

97

2 [2]

T3 or T4

NR

NR

NR

Umeda et al. 2005

22

1 [5]※

T2N0M0

SCC

S + IART

NR

Homma et al. 2014

98

2 [2]

T4N0M0

SCC

S + RT

NR

Jeon et al. 2017

71

1 [1]※

NR

NR

NR

NR

  1. ※contralateral side recurrence
  2. SCC; squamous cell carcinoma, ME; mucoepidermoid cancer, S; surgery, IART; intraarterial chemotheraoy and radiation therapy