Paratracheal thoracic nodes

Looks like

Nodes along both sides of the windpipe inside the chest, above where it splits.

What it does

Filter lymph from the lungs, windpipe and oesophagus on the way to the neck.

Keeping it well

Central to lung cancer staging and sampled by EBUS; also enlarged in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis.

Related conditions

• Sarcoidosis
• Silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis