7 - Subcarinal nodes
7 - Nodi subcarinales
Definition
Station 7: Subcarinal Lymph nodes
Boundaries:
- The upper border of station 7 is the carina of the trachea.
- The lower border of station 7 is the upper border of the lower lobe bronchus on the left and the lower border of the bronchus intermedius on the right.
- Lateral border is on the right the medial margin of the right main bronchus and on the left the bronchus intermedius and the left main bronchus
Sources :
- IASLC lymph node map - https://www.iaslc.
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Lymph Node Map: Radiologic Review with CT Illustration Ahmed H. El-Sherief, Charles T. Lau, Carol C. Wu, Richard L. Drake, Gerald F. Abbott, and Thomas W. Rice RadioGraphics 2014 34:6, 1680-1691
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