Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the pattern of lymphatic metastasis of Siewert type Ⅱ and Ⅲ adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG).
Methods:The clinical data of 152 patients with Siewert type Ⅱ and Ⅲ AEG who were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University from January 2003 to December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. The follow up began at the first admission, and ended at December 2012 or the death of patients. Patients were followed up via phone call. The unordered data were analyzed using the chi square test, and the ordered data were analyzed using the analysis of variance. The survival curve drawn using the Kaplan Meier method, and the comparison of survival rates was done by Log-rank test.
Results:Of the 152 patients, 138 received resection, 14 received R1 or R2 resection. The overall resection rate was 90.79%(138/152). The resection rates of patients with Siewert type Ⅱ, Ⅲ AEG were 92.6%(63/68) and 89.3%(75/84). For Siewert type Ⅱ AEG, the incidences of lymphatic metastasis were high in No.1 (63.6%), No.2 (56.4%), No.3 (54.5%), No.7 (47.3%), No.8a (23.6%) and No.110 (23.6%) lymph nodes, and then followed by No.11 (16.4%), No.111 (16.4%) and No.9 (12.7%) lymph nodes. For Siewert type Ⅲ AEG, the incidences of lymphatic metastasis were high in No.1 (60.6%), No.2 (57.7%), No.3 (50.7%), No.7 (46.5%), No.8a (28.2%), No.4sb(26.8%), No.11 (23.9%), No.4sa (19.7%), No.4d (11.3%) lymph nodes, and then followed by No.9 (19.7%), No.10 (16.9%), No.5 (14.1%) and No.6 (12.7%) lymph nodes. The metastatic rates of No.4sa, 4sb, 4d, 5, 6, 10 and 11 lymph nodes of Siewert type Ⅱ AEG were significantly lower than those of Siewert type Ⅲ AEG, while the metastatic rates of No.110 and 111 lymph nodes of Siewert type Ⅱ AEG were significantly higher than those of Siewert type Ⅲ AEG (χ
2=13.043, P<0.05).
Conclusion:For Siewert type Ⅱ AEG, lymph node metastasis is mostly seen in No.1, 2, 3, 7, 8a, 110 lymph nodes, and followed by No. 11, 111 and 9 lymph nodes; for Siewert type Ⅲ AEG, lymph node metastasis is mostly seen in No. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8a, 4sb, 11, 4sa, 4d lymph nodes, and then followed by No. 9, 10, 5, 6 lymph nodes.