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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2022; 32(01): 062-070
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1741089
Review Article

CT-Based Definition and Structured Reporting of Abdominal Lymph Node Stations

Ishan Kumar 
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Srishti Sharma
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Adity Prakash
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Priyanka Aggarwal
2   Division of Pediatric hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Ram C. Shukla
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Ashish Verma
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Background Meticulous evaluation of abdominal lymph nodes on computed tomography (CT) is a fundamental task in radiological practice especially in oncological reporting. Although various reporting systems exist to define abdominal nodal stations for malignancies of individual abdominal organs, a complete and uniform framework for radiological reporting of abdominal lymph nodes does not exist in the literature.

Purpose The goal of this review was to provide a step-wise reporting template and precise definitions of the radiological anatomy of abdominal lymph nodes and to generate a CT-based illustration of the lymph node stations of the abdomen.

Conclusion This CT-based illustration and reporting template will help the radiologists to aptly describe the extent of the lymph nodal diseases and will help in comparison with posttherapy scans.

Keywords

lymph node - anatomy - CT

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*Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding this manuscript.


*Research involving human participants and/or animals: This was not a study involving human participants/ animals.


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Article published online:
06 April 2022

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