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Table 1 Staging: de Serres Classification of Lymphatic Malformations

From: Long-term symptom control following resection of cervical lymphatic malformations: a case series

Stage 1

Unilateral infrahyoid

Stage 2

Unilateral suprahyoid

Stage 3

Unilateral infrahyoid and suprahyoid

Stage 4

Bilateral suprahyoid

Stage 5

Bilateral infrahyoid and suprahyoid

  1. The de Serres staging system for lymphatic malformations was described in 1995. It remains the standard means to classify the extent of the lesion. The system was designed to predict prognosis as well as outcomes and complications associated with surgical intervention
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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

ISSN: 1916-0216

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