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Table 2 The number of the cats, number of the lymph nodes and the dimension of the lymph nodes (mm) such as width, length, height among intra-thoracic lymph nodes of sternal, cranial mediastinal, and tracheobronchial on post-contrast enhanced computed tomographic images

From: Multi-factorial considerations for intra-thoracic lymph node evaluations of healthy cats on computed tomographic images

Location

Parameters

Total

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Sternal lymph node

Number of cats

6/24

3/8

3/8

Number of lymph nodes

6

3

3

Dimension of lymph node

3.93 × 8.39 × 3.84

4.46 × 9.75 × 4.60

3.41 × 7.02 × 3.09

Cranial mediastinal lymph nodes

Number of cats

9/24

2/8

7/8

Number of lymph nodes

12

3

9

Dimension of lymph node

4.02 × 6.23 × 3.67

2.97 × 6.52 × 3.14

4.38 × 6.17 × 3.98

Tracheobronchial lymph nodes

Number of cats

7/24

2/8

5/8

Number of lymph nodes

10

2

8

Dimension of lymph node

3.51 × 4.93 × 3.44

2.67 × 2.92 × 2.36

3.73 × 6.81 × 3.54

  1. Group1: cats aged ≤7 months; Group 2: cats aged > 7 months – 7 years; Group 3: cats aged ≥7 years