Right paratracheal space
Spatium paratracheale dextrum
Definition
The right paratracheal space is wider than the left and becomes gradually narrower as it goes down toward the tracheal bifurcation.
References
Sharma M, Pathak A, Shoukat A, Somani P. Imaging of spaces of neck and mediastinum by endoscopic ultrasound. Lung India. 2016 May-Jun;33(3):292-305. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.180866. PMID: 27185994; PMCID: PMC485756
