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. 2009 Jan;140(1):65-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.10.019.

Perineural invasion of the major and minor nerves in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer

Magdalena Chirilă  1 , Sorana D Bolboacă, Marcel Cosgarea, Ermil Tomescu, Mihaela Mureşan
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Perineural invasion of the major and minor nerves in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer

Magdalena Chirilă et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the perineural invasion in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx.

Study design: A prospective study of patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent total or partial laryngectomy.

Methods: Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and pyriform sinus who underwent laryngectomy between 2002 and 2006 in the ENT Clinic of Cluj-Napoca were investigated for histopathological identification of perineural invasion.

Results: The present study included 256 patients. Perineural invasion was present in 86 cases out of the 256. Perineural invasion was detected in the major nerves of only one case out of 219 patients who had undergone total laryngectomy. The difference between the mean disease-free survival of patients with or without perineural invasion of the minor nerves was statistically significant (Mann-Whitney U test, P = 0.000102). The local recurrence rates in the cases with or without perineural invasion were significantly different (log-rank test, P = 0.00001).

Conclusion: Major nerves do not constitute a way of spreading in the squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx, whereas minor nerves remain a potential one.

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