Table 5 Summary of disease characteristics of patients with non-palpable nodes who are true and false positives
Study number | Age | Grade | Stage | Growth pattern | LVI | SCC Type | Primary treatment | Margin status | Number of nodes excised | Number of positive nodes | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non palpable nodes, but True positives | |||||||||||
58 | 69 | 3 | 1 | endophytic | yes | basaloid | Circumcision | negative | 9 | 1 | none |
81 | 82 | 3 | 3 | endophytic | yes | basaloid | Glansectomy | negative | 7 | 1 | none |
88 | 77 | 2 | 1b | endophytic | yes | usual | Partial penectomy | negative | 16 | 1 | seroma |
Non palpable nodes, but False positives | |||||||||||
101 | 87 | Breslow 4 | 3 | endophytic | yes | melanoma | Glansectomy | negative | 8 | 0 | none |
127 | 53 | 2 | 2 | exophytic | no | usual | Glansectomy | negative | 7 | 0 | none |