Evaluation of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes is part of the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also vital to the staging of lung cancer, which determines the ...

A 21-year-old, nonsmoking, and previously healthy woman was admitted to our hospital due to a dry cough and enlarged hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes on chest X-ray (Figure 1A).

Patients with primary left lung cancer who underwent 4L lymph node dissection had more favorable survival outcomes than those who did not receive 4L dissection, according a single-center ...

Several conditions can cause lymph node enlargement in this area. This article looks at the symptoms of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, its causes, treatment, diagnosis, and more.

The role of these techniques in mediastinal lymph-node staging is evolving rapidly and early data suggest that they may diminish the need for invasive surgical staging of the mediastinum.

A left lower lung nodule was found in a 60-year-old female smoker. CT revealed a T1 tumor ostensibly without pathologically enlarged hilar or mediastinal lymph nodes. Bronchoscopy showed non-small ...

Metastatic lymph node enlargement: Primary cancer in the kidney, the prostate gland, or the upper gastrointestinal tract usually involves the middle mediastinal lymph nodes.

Lung cancer that has metastasized to the lymph nodes can vary in outlook and treatment, based on how far and which lymph nodes the cancer has spread to.

Lung resections were performed with mediastinal lymph-node dissection, which consisted of en-bloc dissection of all nodes at stations 2 through 4 and 7 through 9 on the right side and of stations ...

A roentgenogram of the chest showed the widening of the mediastinum and enlargement of the hilar lymph nodes, with some diffuse peribronchial thickening (Fig. 1).