Group 3 called “prevascular and retrotracheal nodes” can only be appreciated on the axial images since they are found relatively anterior and posteriorly in the chest.
Superior Mediastinal Nodes
1 Highest Mediastinal Nodes
2 Upper Tracheal Nodes
3 Prevascular and Retrotracheal Nodes
4 Lower Paratracheal Nodes
1= Highest, 2= Upper Tracheal and 4 = Lower Paratracheal
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3 = Prevascular Nodes
This patient has lymphoma and the nodal groups of the mediastinum are all enlarged.
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3 = Prevascular 4 = Lower Paratracheal
Aortic Nodes
6= Paraaortic Nodes
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Aortic Nodes
5 Subaortic Nodes (A-P window)
6 Paraaortic Nodes (Ascending Aorta or Phrenic)
5= A-P window and 6= Paraaortic
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6= paraaortic
Superior Mediastinal
3 – Prevascular Nodes 4 = Lower Paratracheal
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Inferior Mediastinal Nodes
7 Subcarinal Nodes
8 Paraesophageal Nodes
9 Pulmonary Ligament Nodes
7= Subcarinal, 8= Paraesophageal and 9= Pulmonary Ligament
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10 Hilar Nodes
11 Interlobar Nodes
12 Lobar Nodes
13 Segmental Nodes
14 Subsegmental Nodes
10=Hilar, 11=”Interlobar,” 12=”Lobar,” 13=”Segmental,” 14 = Subsegmental
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