H&N Nodal Stations

Classifying Head & Neck Lymph Nodes

For head & neck cancers, it is critical to describe where an abnormal lymph node is. These figures offer guidance on the standardized way to describe nodal stations. I find the one on the bottom right most helpful from an imaging specialist's perspective.

Source (top figure)
Robbins KT et al. Standardizing Neck Dissection Terminology: Official Report of the Academy's Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991;117:601-605. (PubMed link or AMA link)

Source (bottom figures)
Som PM et al. Imaging-based nodal classification for evaluation of neck metastatic adenopathy. Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Mar;174(3):837-44. (PubMed link or AJR link)

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