Table 2 Distribution of metastatic lymph nodes in 191 patients with bladder cancer at different T stages
Final T stage | All patients (No.) | Patients with lymph node metastasis [No. (%)] | Pathological diagnosis | Imaging diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All lymph nodes removed (No.) | Metastatic lymph nodes [No. (%)] | All lymph nodes displayed (No.) | Metastatic lymph nodes [No. (%)] | |||
Total | 191 | 47 (24.6) | 3317 | 184 (5.5) | 82 | 51 (62.2) |
pT1 | 56 | 2 (3.6) | 982 | 3 (0.3) | 6 | 2 (33.3) |
pT2a | 32 | 4 (12.5) | 528 | 6 (1.1) | 12 | 2 (16.7) |
pT2b | 36 | 6 (16.7) | 633 | 11 (1.7) | 23 | 10 (43.5) |
pT3a | 32 | 13 (40.6) | 534 | 66 (12.4) | 12 | 10 (83.3) |
pT3b | 19 | 10 (52.6) | 339 | 23 (6.8) | 19 | 17 (89.5) |
pT4a | 15 | 11 (73.3) | 281 | 73 (26.0) | 8 | 8 (100.0) |
pT4b | 1 | 1 (100.0) | 20 | 2 (10.0) | 2 | 2 (100.0) |