Lymphatic Drainage

Methods to evaluate source, lower thoracic lymphatic drainage direction studied

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 30th, 2003

Methods to evaluate the source and direction of lower thoracic lymphatic drainage are studied.

According to a study from the United States, "The purpose of this set of two articles is to illustrate the source and direction of lymphatic drainage in the thorax on axial computed tomographic (CT) schematics.

The first article describes the upper thorax. This article describes the lower thorax," wrote S.L. Aquino and colleagues, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology.

"The nodal groups are given conventional anatomic names and the corresponding terminology of the American Thoracic Society. Arrows indicate the direction...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-09-30)

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