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Table 2 Lymph node classification of middle thoracic carcinoma based on AJCC

From: Prognostic significance of solitary lymph node metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus

Region

Numbering

Station

Middle and lower mediastinum

7

Subcarinal

 

8 M

Middle paraesophageal

 

8 L

Lower paraesophageal

 

9

Pulmonary ligament

 

10R

Right tracheobronchial

 

10 L

Left tracheobronchial

 

15

Diaphragmatic

Upper mediastinum

2R

Right upper paratracheal

 

2 L

Left upper paratracheal

 

3P

Posterior mediastinal

 

4R

Right lower paratracheal

 

4 L

Left lower paratracheal

 

5

Aortopulmonary

 

6

Anterior mediastinal

Neck

1

Supraclavicular

Upper abdomen

16

Paracardial

 

17

Left gastric

 

18

Common hepatic

 

19

Splenic

 

20

Celiac