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Table 1 Number of intercostal spaces containing at least one internal thoracic lymph node

From: Surgical anatomy of the internal thoracic lymph nodes in fresh human cadavers: basis for sentinel node biopsy

 

Hemithorax

Right n (%)

Left n (%)

Second (26)a

18 (69.2)

19 (73.6)

Third (29)

25 (86.2)

22 (75.8)

Fourth (27)b

13 (48.1)

9 (33.3)

  1. aThree occluded spaces
  2. bTwo occluded spaces
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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