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

  1. Lungs and thoracic viscera
  2. 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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