[Pelvic lymph node metastasis of cervical adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma]

Thirty-one cervical cancers, comprised of 16 adenocarcinomas and 15 adenosquamous carcinomas, were clinicopathologically examined to demonstrate the characteristic features of pelvic lymph node metastasis. The average number of metastatic nodes in each case was 2.6. The most common loci of metastases were the nodi lymphatici obturatorii, iliaci externi and ligamenti cardinales. The histologic distributions in the metastatic nodes suggested that the adenocarcinoma element was more likely to metastasize to the nodes than its squamous counterpart.