Table 1.

Terminology used for lymph nodes in esophageal cancer

LN station No.	Location
Neck
No. 100	Superficial lymph nodes of the neck
No. 101	Cervical paraesophageal lymph nodes
No. 102	Deep cervical lymph nodes
No. 103	Peripharyngeal lymph nodes
No. 104	Supraclavicular lymph nodes
Mediastinum
No. 105	Upper thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes
No. 106rec	Recurrent nerve lymph nodes
No. 106pre	Pretracheal lymph nodes
No. 106tb	Tracheobronchial lymph nodes
No. 107	Subcarinal lymph nodes
No. 108	Middle thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes
No. 109	Main bronchus lymph nodes
No. 110	Lower thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes
No. 111	Supradiaphragmatic lymph nodes
No. 112aoA	Anterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes
No. 112aoP	Posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes
No. 112pul	Pulmonary ligament lymph nodes
Abdomen
No. 1	Right paracardial lymph nodes
No. 2	Left paracardial lymph nodes
No. 3	Lesser curvature lymph nodes
No. 4sa	Lymph nodes along the short gastric vessels
No. 4sb	Lymph nodes along the left gastroepiploic artery
No. 4d	Lymph nodes along the right gastroepiploic artery
No. 5	Suprapyloric lymph nodes
No. 6	Infrapyloric lymph nodes
No. 7	Lymph nodes along the left gastric artery
No. 8a	Lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery (anterosuperior group)
No. 8p	Lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery (posterior group)
No. 9	Lymph nodes along the celiac artery
No. 10	Lymph nodes at the splenic hilum
No. 11p	Lymph nodes along the proximal splenic artery
No. 11d	Lymph nodes along the distal splenic artery
No. 12	Lymph nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament

The left (L) and right (R) sides are considered separately for Nos. 101, 102, 104, 106rec, and 112pul