112 - Posterior mediastinal nodes
112 - Nodi lymphoidei mediastinales posteriori
Definition
Posterior mediastinal lymph nodes (112) are located posteriorly in the lower thorax, but separate from the esophagus and the esophageal hiatus (by opposition to the paraesophageal nodes in the lower thorax (110)).
References
Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer. The general rules for the gastric cancer study in surgery. Jpn J Surg 1973;3:61-71.
Rosa F, Costamagna G, Doglietto GB, Alfieri S. Classification of nodal stations in gastric cancer. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jan 17;2:2. doi: 10.21037/tgh.2016.12.03. PMID: 28217752; PMCID: PMC5313280.
Pulkit Maru Imaging of Gastric Carcinoma. Part Two: Lymph node mapping in Gastric Carcinoma. J Gastrointestinal Abdominal Radiol ISGAR 2021;4:206–213.
