Summary of Literature Indicating Upper Size Limit for Benign Lymph Nodes According to Anatomic Site on Cross-Sectional Imaging
| Anatomic site | Reference | Lymph node | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | No. | Year | Maximum short-axis diameter (mm) | Maximum long-axis diameter (mm) | ||||
| Axillary | Yoshimura et al. | (16) | 1999 | NA | 10 | |||
| Internal mammary | Kinoshita et al. | (17) | 1999 | NA | 5 | |||
| Pelvic | Vinnicombe et al. | (18) | 1995 | 10 | NA | |||
| Mediastinum | Ingram et al. | (19) | 1989 | 10 | NA | |||
| Jugulodigastric region | Van den Brekel et al. | (20) | 1990 | 11 | NA | |||
| Nonretropharyngeal nodes | Van den Brekel et al. | (20) | 1990 | 10 | NA | |||
| Lateral retropharyngeal | Van den Brekel et al. | (20) | 1990 | 5 | NA | |||
| Inguinal | Hawnaur et al. | (21) | 2002 | 10 | NA | |||
NA = not applicable.