paratracheal/tracheal lymph node

Introduction

Nodes along the sides of the trachea in the neck & in the posterior mediastinum.

• receive draingae of superior & inferior tracheobronchial lymph nodes, trachea & esophagus
• drain to bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunks, thoracic duct

More general terms

• lymph node

More specific terms

• inferior tracheobronchial/bifurcation/carinal lymph node
• superior tracheobronchial lymph node