Prelaryngeal lymph nodes are lymph nodes located anterior to the larynx. One such node is the Delphian node situated above the isthmus of the

thyroid gland The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thyr ...

, which may be removed at the time of a thyoidectomy as a

sentinel lymph node The sentinel lymph node is the hypothetical first lymph node or group of nodes draining a cancer. In case of established cancerous dissemination it is postulated that the sentinel lymph nodes are the target organs primarily reached by metastasizi ...

in order to identify risks of cancer spread.

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Lymphatics of the head and neck {{lymphatic-stub