Open AccessOn terminology and topographic classification of the lingual lymph nodes
Author(s) -
Shalva R Gvetadze,
Ekaterina Roshchina,
А. М. Мудунов,
А. И. Карселадзе,
Jun Sun,
Mingming Lv,
Xin Yang,
N. N. Ayzikova,
К. Д. Илькаев
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
opuholi golovy i šei
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-4634
pISSN - 2222-1468
DOI - 10.17650/2222-1468-2021-11-4-86-96
Subject(s) - lymph , terminology , medicine , pathology , computer science , radiology , linguistics , philosophy
A review of accumulated international clinical experience and prognostic significance calculations of metastatic involvement of the lingual lymph nodes is given. Anatomical terminology of lingual lymph nodes and its contradictive aspects are discussed. It is shown that metastatic lesions of the lingual lymph nodes posses high prognostic value, therein a topographic anatomic classification of the lingual lymph nodes is needed to increase the efficiency of diagnosis and augmenting of the oncologic treatment results. This classification should be unified to avoid misunderstanding between researchers.