Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of 30 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with suspicious RLN metastasis

From: Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of retropharyngeal lymph nodes after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a novel technique for accurate diagnosis

Characteristics

n (%)

Sex

 Male

25 (83.3)

 Female

5 (16.7)

T stage of initial diagnosis on MRI

 T1

 

 T2

12 (40.0)

 T3

13 (43.3)

 T4

5 (16.7)

N stage of initial diagnosis on MRI

 N0

3 (10.0)

 N1

14 (46.7)

 N2

8 (26.7)

 N3

5 (16.7)

RLN metastasis detected in the initial diagnosis on MRI

 Yes

19 (63.3)

 No

11 (36.7)

Recurrent disease site detected via MRI

 Right lateral RLN

13 (43.3)

 Left lateral RLN

16 (53.3)

 Medial RLN

1 (3.3)

Previous chemo/radiotherapy regime

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus radiotherapy

7 (23.3)

 Radiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy

6 (20.0)

 Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy

16 (53.3)

 Radiotherapy only

1 (3.3)

Previous chemotherapy agent

 Cisplatin only

16 (53.3)

 5-flurouracil + cisplatin

8 (26.7)

 Paclitaxel + carboplatin

5 (16.7)

Previous radiotherapy

 Two-dimensional radiotherapy

18 (60.0)

 Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

6 (20.0)

 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy

6 (20.0)

Duration between chemo-radiotherapy and detection of suspicious recurrent RLN

 6–12 months

6 (20.0)

 1–3 years

13 (43.3)

 4–5 years

5 (16.7)

 5–10 years

5 (16.7)

 > 10 years

1 (3.3)

  1. RLN retropharyngeal lymph node, MRI magnetic resonance imaging