Conclusion: The existence of patients with positive non-sentinel node indicates a risk of misdiagnosis of metastasis in oropharyngeal and oral cancer.
Objectives: We attempted to confirm the usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer to detect clinically occult metastases.
Patients And Methods: Twenty-two patients with a mean age of 57 (SD=13) years were studied prospectively. All presented T1-T3 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oropharynx or oral cavity, and were cN0 on palpation and CT. A preoperative (24 h) lymphoscintigraphy was performed with 99mTc-labelled sulfur colloid injected around the primary tumor. Subsequently, we proceeded with tumor exeresis and detection of SLN following the procedures described in a previous paper.
Results: We detected a total of 32 SLNs in 21 of 22 patients. Ipsilateral neck node location was observed in 18 patients and bilateral in 3. We observed 10 patients with true positive SLNs (3 patients had micrometastases), indicating occult metastases. We harvested a total of 454 nodes in our selective neck dissections, 19 of which presented metastatic invasion. We identified four patients with positive non-sentinel nodes.
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