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Table 4 Regional Nodal Contours: anatomical boundaries [14]

From: Hypofractionated irradiation of infra-supraclavicular lymph nodes after axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer post-conservative surgery: impact on late toxicity

 

Anteriorly

Posteriorly

Superiorly

Inferiorly

Medially

Laterally

SCV

bounded by the deep surface of the sternocleidomastoid and the deep cervical fascia

Lat: the anterior and medial borders of the anterior scalene muscle.

 

the posterior border was defined by the subclavian artery

lateral edge of the trachea excluding the thyroid gland and thyroid cartilage superiorly

 

Med: medially to the carotid artery and internal jugular vein

IFV

the deep surface of the pectoralis major muscle

subclavian-axillary artery

the most superior aspect of the pectoralis minor muscle

level of the insertion of the clavicle into the manubrium

lateral edge of the clavicle

medial border of the pectoralis minor muscle

  1. SCV supraclavicular fossa, IFV infraclavicular fossa