Background A 66-year-old Asian man presented with a tongue ulcer and without palpable metastases to the neck nodes. A thorough clinical examination of the head and neck region did not reveal any other ...

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the lymph node is the preferred initial approach to diagnosis. When clinical findings suggest SCCUP, nondiagnostic FNA results should be repeated, perhaps with ...

The lymphatic system is a major part of the immune system. It’s made up of various lymph nodes and vessels. The human body has hundreds of lymph nodes throughout different locations in the body. The ...

Angiosarcoma is an uncommon malignancy, which spread out from the endothelial cells of vessels. Scalp angiosarcoma with cervical lymph node metastasis is particularly rare. This article describes a ...

Limited data are available on survival outcomes after sentinel-lymph-node biopsy alone as compared with lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer. In this multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial, we ...

Clinical relevance of lymph node ratio in resected oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in patients with N2 disease. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

"Given the high probability of treatment failure, surgical salvage should be offered, ideally, for a select group of patients with recurrent or persistent cervical cancer who have a high probability ...

This case-based module will guide you through assessment, diagnosis and management of four presentations of head and neck swellings, including: • How to approach ‘enlarged glands’, assess likelihood ...

There are several reasons you might have a moveable lump in the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are often the reason. But this lump can also be a serious condition, so visiting a doctor is important. A lump ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old woman in good health, generally. Three months ago, I woke one morning with a very sore neck that I attributed to "sleeping wrong." As I massaged it, I found a firm ...