title: Regional metastasis in supraglottic and glottic carcinoma of larynx.
abstract: This cross sectional study was conducted in Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital, Mitford and Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2009 to December 2009 by purposive sampling method. Among the 50 cases, involvement of supraglottic (72%) region is significantly higher than glottic (28%) region. Affected peoples are mainly male and mean age was 58.1±10.4 years. Frequency of regional metastasis of supraglottic carcinoma (47.22%) was higher than glottic carcinoma (7.14%). Most of the lymphnode involvement was at level-II to IV. Most of the patients presented at stage-I & stage-II.
authors.affiliation: Dr Md Nazmul Haque, Medical Officer, Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital (SSMCH), Mitford, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Bhuiyan
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hoq
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Alam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001459:Bangladesh; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging