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Table 1 Patients with metastasis to BN from oral cancer

From: Metastasis of lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma to buccinator lymph node: case report and review of the literature

Patient

Reference

Year of publication

Age/gender

Site of primary tumor

Histology

Treatment

Outcome

Prognosis

Metastasis to BN

Primary tumor

1

Tart

1993

ND

Buccal mucosa

Adenocarcinoma

ND

ND

Controlled

NED, 10 m

2

Tart

1993

ND

Alveolar (upper or lower were not described)

Carcinoma

ND

ND

Uncontrolled

LTF

3

Tart

1993

ND

Retromolar trigone

ND

ND

ND

Controlled

DOD

4

Tart

1993

ND

Buccal mucosa

SCC

ND

ND

Controlled

AWD, 3 m

5

Miyazaki

1999

70/M

Maxillary alveolar process

Plasmacytoma

S+RT

Controlled

Controlled

NED, 18 m

6

Kimura

2000

84/F

Buccal mucosa

SCC

Palliative

Uncontrolled

Uncontrolled

DOD, 11 m

7

Kimura

2000

53/M

Buccal mucosa

SCC

S+RT

Controlled

Controlled

NED

8

Kimura

2000

57/M

Upper gingiva

SCC

S

Controlled

Controlled

NED

9

Kimura

2000

78/M

Upper gingiva

SCC

RT

Uncontrolled

Uncontrolled

DOD, 6 m

10

Kimura

2000

75/M

Upper gingiva

SCC

S

Uncontrolled

Uncontrolled

DOD, 10 m

11

Maruoka

2005

79/M

Buccal mucosa

SCC

S+RT

Controlled

Controlled

DOD, 8 y

12

Maruoka

2005

80/M

Buccal mucosa

SCC

S

Controlled

Controlled

DOD, 11 m

13

Present case

2018

67/F

Lower gingiva

SCC

CT+S+CRT

Controlled

Controlled

NED, 2 y

  1. Abbreviations: BN buccinator lymph node, M male, F female, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, ND not described, S surgery, RT radiotherapy, CT chemotherapy, CRT chemo-radiotherapy, AWD alive with disease, DOD death from disease, LTF lost to follow-up, NED no evidence of disease
  2. Excisional biopsy of buccinator lymph node
  3. Numbers are length of follow-up in years (y) and months (m)