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Description: "Long axis" and "short axis" of an ellipsoid as used in lymphadenopathy terminology.[1][2]Strictly speaking, the "long axis" is a major axis and the "short axis" is a minor axis. References ↑ (2009). "Nodal staging". Cancer Imaging 9 (1). DOI:10.1102/1470-7330.2009.0017. ISSN 14707330. ↑ (2007). "Distribuição, tamanho e número dos linfonodos mediastinais: definições por meio de estudo anatômico". Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 33 (2): 134–140. DOI:10.1590/S1806-37132007000200006. ISSN 1806-3713.
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