Lymph Node Metastasis after a Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Leg: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Table 2

Three studies on the number of patients with a STS who developed RLNM in various anatomical locations.

Anatomical location	Number of; patients	Number of; RLNMs	Percentage
Head and Neck
Mazeron and Suit [9]	20	3	15%
Fong et al. [10]	45	5	11%
Behranwala et al. [12]	75	6	8%
Total	140	14	10%
Upper extremity
Mazeron and Suit [9]	42	6	14%
Fong et al. [10]	47	7	15%
Behranwala et al. [12]	70	7	10%
Total	159	20	13%
Lower extremity
Mazeron and Suit [9]	122	6	5%
Fong et al. [10]	46	19	41%
Behranwala et al. [12]	73	33	45%
Total	241	58	24%
Trunk
Mazeron and Suit [9]	102	4	4%
Fong et al. [10]	500	5	1%
Behranwala et al. [12]	73	11	15%
Total	675	20	3%
Abdominal and Thoracic Viscera
Mazeron and Suit [9]	23	0	0%
Fong et al. [10]	43	3	7%
Behranwala et al. [12]	73	11	15%
Total	139	14	10%