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Table 2 Terminology of regional lymph node in esophageal carcinoma by JSED

From: Three-dimensional conformal radiation for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with involved-field irradiation may deliver considerable doses of incidental nodal irradiation

Numbering

Cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes

Numbering

Abdominal lymph nodes

101

Cervical paraesophageal

1

Right cardial

104

Supraclavicular

2

Left cardial

105

Upper thoracic paraesophageal

3

Lesser curvature

106rec-L

Left recurrent nerve

7

Left gastric artery

106rec-R

Right recurrent nerve

8

Common hepatic artery

106pre

Pretracheal

  

106tb-L

Left tracheobronchial

  

106tb-R

Right tracheobronchial

  

107

Subcarinal

  

108

Middle thoracic paraesophageal

  

109

Main bronchus lymph nodes

  

110

Lower thoracic paraesophageal

  

111

Supradiaphragmatic

  

112ao

Thoracic paraaortic

  

112pul

Pulmonary ligament

  

113

Ligamentum arteriosum

  

114

Anterior mediastinal

  
  1. JSED: Japanese Society for Esophageal Diseases.