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. 2012 May 23;15(3):442–446. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs161

Table 2:

Three non-small-cell lung cancer patients with false-negative results of CUSb-NA and multilevel N2 or N3 disease

Patient/location of the tumour Lymph node station Number and percentage of metastatic lymph nodes in the station
1. (2-level N2 disease)/RLL 9 1/4 (25%)
7 1/6 (16.7%)
2. (3-level N3 disease)/LUL 4R 2/4 (50%)
7 2/5 (40%)
6 2/4 (50%)
3. (2-level N2 disease)/LLL 9 1/1 (100%)
5 1/5 (20%)

RLL: right lower lobe; LUL: left upper lobe; LLL: left lower lobe.