Tracheobronchial and mediastinal nodes
Local vessels and regional nodes · Hilar Subcarinal
Bronchopulmonary, subcarinal, tracheobronchial and paratracheal nodes drain the lungs, heart, thymus and oesophagus; their efferents form the bronchomediastinal trunk.
Traced from the start
- Lungs and thoracic viscera
- Tracheobronchial and mediastinal nodes
Detail
- Order
- Pulmonary, bronchopulmonary, tracheobronchial, paratracheal
- Subcarinal node
- Common crossing point between left and right lung drainage
- Sampling
- EBUS-guided needle aspiration for lung cancer staging
- Efferents
- Bronchomediastinal trunk
When it goes wrong
Sarcoidosis or tuberculosis
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Contralateral mediastinal node involvement in lung cancer
N3 disease, which takes resection off the table
Practise this structure
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