title: Significance of lymphoplasmocytic infiltration around tumor cell in the prediction of regional lymph node metastases in patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: a clinicopathologic study.
abstract: Histologic material from 42 patients treated for invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva was studied to determine the prognostic significance of lymphoplasmocytic infiltration around tumor cells in the prediction of regional lymph node metastases. No correlation was found between lymphoplasmocytic infiltration and nodal metastasis with respect to degree of tumor differentiation, stage of disease, and vascular channel involvement. The presence or absence of lymphoplasmocytic infiltration around tumor cells appears to have no prognostic value in predicting nodal metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Husseinzadeh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wesseler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schellhas
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nahhas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*