Fig. 1: The zone system of pleura for assessment pleural tumor index. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: The zone system of pleura for assessment pleural tumor index.

From: Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy in thymic epithelial tumors with pleural spread or recurrence: a prospective, single-arm, phase II study

Fig. 1

A, B Coronal view of the thorax; C axial view of the thorax (left); D axial view of the thorax (right). Zone I, rib and chest wall zone; Zone II, diaphragm zone; Zone III, mediastinum zone; Zone IV, lower pulmonary zone (below oblique fissure); Zone V, upper pulmonary zone (above oblique fissure).

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