Preferred Label : mediastinal lymph node;
Uberon definition : A lymph node that is part of a mediastinum. Each consists of several lymph node groups,
especially along the trachea (5 groups), along the esophagus and between the lung
and the diaphragm. In the mediastinal lymph nodes arises lymphatic ducts, which draines
the lymph to the left subclavian vein (to the venous angle in the confluence of the
subclavian and deep jugular veins). The mediastinal lymph nodes along the esophagus
are in tight connection with the abdominal lymph nodes along the esophagus and the
stomach. That fact facilitates spreading of tumors cells through these lymphatics
in cases of cancers of the stomach and particularly of the esophagus. Through the
mediastinum, the main lymphatic drainage from the abdominal organs goes via the thoracic
duct (ductus thoracicus), which drains majority of the lymph from the abdomen to the
above mentioned left venous angle.;
Uberon synonym : mediastinal node;
Origin ID : 0002524;
UMLS CUI : C0588055;
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A lymph node that is part of a mediastinum. Each consists of several lymph node groups,
especially along the trachea (5 groups), along the esophagus and between the lung
and the diaphragm. In the mediastinal lymph nodes arises lymphatic ducts, which draines
the lymph to the left subclavian vein (to the venous angle in the confluence of the
subclavian and deep jugular veins). The mediastinal lymph nodes along the esophagus
are in tight connection with the abdominal lymph nodes along the esophagus and the
stomach. That fact facilitates spreading of tumors cells through these lymphatics
in cases of cancers of the stomach and particularly of the esophagus. Through the
mediastinum, the main lymphatic drainage from the abdominal organs goes via the thoracic
duct (ductus thoracicus), which drains majority of the lymph from the abdomen to the
above mentioned left venous angle.