Lungs and thoracic viscera
Source region and uptake · Hilar first
Lung lymph passes from pulmonary to bronchopulmonary (hilar), then tracheobronchial and paratracheal nodes; heart, thymus and oesophagus feed the same mediastinal chains.
Detail
- Sequence
- Pulmonary to bronchopulmonary to tracheobronchial to paratracheal
- Oesophagus
- Posterior mediastinal nodes above, coeliac nodes below
- Efferents form
- Bronchomediastinal trunk
- Visceral pleura
- Drains to hilar nodes; parietal pleura to parasternal and mediastinal nodes
When it goes wrong
Oesophageal carcinoma of the lower third
Coeliac nodal spread below the diaphragm, altering resectability
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