[Diagnostic value of cervical lymph node biopsy in suspected XXXX ].

@entity1 @entity5 @entity1600 @entity189 @entity3
More than 90% of @entity5 are @entity189 . Early symptoms are rare and usually ignored by the @entity1 . The most common symptoms present are enlarged cervical nodes. More than half of all @entity1 with @entity189 (58%) treated in the ENT-Clinic of the University of Munich had been admitted for further investigation because of @entity1600 . Enlarged cervical @entity1600 can be removed easily. Thus the value of a lymph node biopsy for early diagnosis of @entity189 was examined. Forty-five cases of occult @entity189 have been reviewed. In all cases a cervical lymph node had been removed as a first diagnostic procedure. The histological findings were compared to nasopharyngeal biopsies taken after different time intervals. Our clinico-pathological review has shown that, especially in @entity189 , the histological features of cervical @entity3 is always identical to the very characteristic primary lesions in the nasopharynx. Thus, the characteristic feature of this @entity5 type in a jugulo-digastric lymph node strongly suggests the presence of a primary @entity189 .
