Brachiocephalic nodes

Looks like

Nodes in the upper chest beside the brachiocephalic veins, in front of the great arteries.

What it does

Filter lymph from the thymus, thyroid, heart covering and front chest.

Keeping it well

Enlarged in lymphoma or thymus tumours; they show on chest CT.

Related conditions

• Sarcoidosis
• Silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis