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Table 1 Terminology used for lymph nodes in esophageal cancer

From: Evaluation of metastatic lymph nodes in cN0 thoracic esophageal cancer patients with inconsistent pathological lymph node diagnosis

LN station No.

Location

Neck

 No. 100

Superficial lymph nodes of the neck

 No. 101

Cervical paraesophageal lymph nodes

 No. 102

Deep cervical lymph nodes

 No. 103

Peripharyngeal lymph nodes

 No. 104

Supraclavicular lymph nodes

Mediastinum

 No. 105

Upper thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes

 No. 106rec

Recurrent nerve lymph nodes

 No. 106pre

Pretracheal lymph nodes

 No. 106tb

Tracheobronchial lymph nodes

 No. 107

Subcarinal lymph nodes

 No. 108

Middle thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes

 No. 109

Main bronchus lymph nodes

 No. 110

Lower thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes

 No. 111

Supradiaphragmatic lymph nodes

 No. 112aoA

Anterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes

 No. 112aoP

Posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes

 No. 112pul

Pulmonary ligament lymph nodes

Abdomen

 No. 1

Right paracardial lymph nodes

 No. 2

Left paracardial lymph nodes

 No. 3

Lesser curvature lymph nodes

 No. 4sa

Lymph nodes along the short gastric vessels

 No. 4sb

Lymph nodes along the left gastroepiploic artery

 No. 4d

Lymph nodes along the right gastroepiploic artery

 No. 5

Suprapyloric lymph nodes

 No. 6

Infrapyloric lymph nodes

 No. 7

Lymph nodes along the left gastric artery

 No. 8a

Lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery (anterosuperior group)

 No. 8p

Lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery (posterior group)

 No. 9

Lymph nodes along the celiac artery

 No. 10

Lymph nodes at the splenic hilum

 No. 11p

Lymph nodes along the proximal splenic artery

 No. 11d

Lymph nodes along the distal splenic artery

 No. 12

Lymph nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament

  1. The left (L) and right (R) sides are considered separately for Nos. 101, 102, 104, 106rec, and 112pul