title: [Evaluation of N staging of cervical lymph nodes with positive palpation in laryngeal carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate N staging of cervical lymph nodes with positive palpation objectively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serial sections of lymph nodes of neck dissections with transparent methods were observed under light microscope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  81 lymph nodes with pathological metastases were verified in 100 patients with 114 palpation positive lymph nodes. The correspondent rate was 71.1%. The correspondent rate of clinical N via pathological N staging was N1 35.6%, N2a 25.0%, N2b 58.3%, N2c 75.0%, N3 100.0% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  N staging judged only by palpation is not sufficient in clinic. It should be combined with other examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010173:Palpation