Table 7. Distribution of lymph nodes with the primary lesion length.
Length of the primary lesion | Patients with cervical lymph node involvement | Patients with thoracic lymph node involvement | Patients with abdominal lymph node involvement | Patients with overall lymph node involvement |
Up to 40 mm (5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (20%) |
More than 40 mm (26) | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 (61.5%) |
Total (31) | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 (54.8%) |
Mean length | 64 mm | 61.5 mm | 48.6 mm | 55.32 mm |