Sunday, September 26, 2010

Normal Limits for Thoracic Lymph Nodes

 
Right
Left
Upper paratracheal
7 mm
7 mm
Lower paratracheal
10 mm
10 mm
Hilar
10 mm
7 mm
AP window
9 mm
Subcarinal
7 mm
All numbers are short-axis dimensions.

References

Glazer GM, Gross BH, Quint LE, Francis IR, Bookstein FL, Orringer MB. Normal mediastinal lymph nodes: number and size according to American Thoracic Society mapping. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1985 Feb;144(2):261-5.

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