title: [Discontinuous lymph node metastases ("skipping") in malignant lung tumors].
abstract: In 50 lung cancers (25 small cell lung cancers, 17 squamous cell carcinomas, 8 adenocarcinomas) pulmonary, mediastinal and cervical lymph node-metastases were analyzed. Lymph-node "skipping" was demonstrated in 46% of the investigated tumors. In seven of these cases the lymph nodes were skipped, which showed complete hyalinization as a consequence of preexisting anthracosilicosis. In 5 other tumors additional lymph nodes with preserved structure were skipped by the metastatic process. Fibrosis of lymphatic tissue after tuberculosis or exposure to ionizing radiation were further reasons for lymph-node skipping. The skipping of intact lymph nodes can be explained by anatomically demonstrable intra- and perinodal short circuit connections. Apart from that, preexisting lymph node changes (silicosis, fibrosis) play an important part.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinken, Bergmannsheil, Universitätsklinik Bochum.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Junker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gumprich
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000874:Anthracosilicosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging