Extracapsular lymph node involvement in esophageal carcinoma / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

As a pattern of lymph node metastasis , extracapsular lymph node involvement has occurred in many malignant tumors,including the esophageal carcinoma.This paper reviewed the research on extracapsular lymph node involvement in e-sophageal carcinoma worldwide including the development mechanism , clinical diagnosis, incidence and the prognosis signifi-cance, etc.The research progress and clinical significance of extracapsular lymph node involvement in esophageal carcinoma were fully explored and summarized.