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. 2016 Apr 27;8(4):294–300. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i4.294

Table 1.

Anatomical definition of lymph node stations

Lymph node station Label Anatomical description
1 Right paracardial Right paracardial LNs, including those along the first branch of the ascending limb of the left gastric artery
2 Left paracardial Left paracardial LNs including those along the esophagocardiac branch of the left subphrenic artery
3 Lesser curvature 3a: Along the branches of the left gastric artery
3b: Along the 2nd branch and distal part of the right gastric artery
4 Left gastric curvature 4sa: Left greater curvature LNs along the short gastric arteries (perigastric area)
4sb: Left greater curvature LNs along the left gastroepiploic artery (perigastric area)
Right greater curvature 4d: Rt. greater curvature LNs along the 2nd branch and distal part of the right gastroepiploic artery
5 Suprapyloric Along the 1st branch and proximal part of the right gastric artery
6 Infrapyloric Along the first branch and proximal part of the right gastroepiploic artery down to the confluence of the right gastroepiploic vein and the anterior superior pancreatoduodenal vein
7 Left gastric aretry Along the trunk of left gastric artery between its root and the origin of its ascending branch
8 Common hepatic artery 8a: Anterosuperior LNs along the common hepatic artery
8p: Posterior LNs along the common hepatic artery
9 Celiac Along the coeliac artery
10 Splenic hilum Lymph nodes in the splenic hilum including those adjacent to the splenic artery distal to the pancreatic tail, and those on the roots of the short gastric arteries and those along the left gastroepiploic artery proximal to its 1st gastric branch
11 Splenic artery 11p: Proximal splenic artery LNs from its origin to halfway between its origin and the pancreatic tail end
11d: Distal splenic artery LNs from halfway between its origin and the pancreatic tail end to the end of the pancreatic tail
12 Hepatoduodenal ligamant 12a: Hepatoduodenal ligament LNs along the proper hepatic artery, in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
12b: Hepatoduodenal ligament LNs along the bile duct, in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
12p: Hepatoduodenal ligament LNs along the portal vein in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
13 Posterior pancreatic head On the posterior surface of the pancreatic head cranial to the duodenal papilla
14v Superior mesenteric vein Along the superior mesenteric vein
15 Middle colic vessels Along the middle colic vessels
16 Para-aortic 16a1: Paraaortic lymph nodes in the diaphragmatic aortic hiatus
16a2: Paraaortic lymph nodes between the upper margin of the origin of the celiac artery and the lower border of the left renal vein
16b1: Paraaortic lymph nodes between the lower border of the left renal vein and the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery
16b2: Paraaortic lymph nodes between the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery and the aortic bifurcation
17 Anterior surface of pancreatic head On the anterior surface of the pancreatic head beneath the pancreatic sheath
18 Inferior border of the pancreatic body Along the inferior border of the pancreatic body
19 Infradiaphragmatic Infradiaphragmatic, predominantly along the subphrenic artery
20 Paraesophageal, esophageal hiatus In the diaphragmatic esophageal hiatus
110 Paraesophageal, lower thoracic In the lower thorax
111 Supradiaphragmatic Supradiaphragmatic lymph nodes separate from the esophagus
112 Posterior mediastinal Posterior mediastinal lymph nodes separate from the esophagus and the esophageal hiatus

LNs: Lymph nodes.