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. 2018 Dec 2;47(1):281–292. doi: 10.1177/0300060518800611

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Figure 1. — Distribution and anatomical landmarks of the 16 groups of lymph nodes around the stomach. (a) A 55-year-old woman with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric lesser curvature. Arrow 1 indicates the No. 1 right cardiac lymph nodes. Arrow 2 indicates the No. 16 para-aortic group of lymph nodes. (b) A 68-year-old man with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric antrum. The arrow indicates the No. 2 left cardia lymph nodes. (c) A 51-year-old man with moderately and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the cardia lesser curvature. Arrow 1 indicates the No. 3 lymph nodes along the lesser curvature. Arrow 2 indicates the No. 6 intrapyloric group of lymph nodes. (d) A 69-year-old man with moderately and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the cardia lesser curvature. The arrow indicates the No. 4 lymph nodes along the greater curvature. (e) A 53-year-old woman with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric antrum. Arrow 1 indicates the No. 5 suprapyloric group of lymph nodes. Arrow 2 indicates the No. 7 lymph nodes along the left gastric artery. (f) A 69-year-old man with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric antrum. Arrow 1 indicates the No. 8 lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery. Arrow 2 indicates the No. 9 lymph nodes around the celiac artery. (g) A 68-year-old man with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric antrum. The arrow indicates the No. 10 lymph nodes at the splenic hilum. (h) A 42-year-old woman with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric antrum. The arrow indicates the No. 11 lymph nodes along the splenic artery. (i) A 68-year-old woman with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric lesser curvature. The arrow indicates the No. 12 lymph nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament. (j) A 64-year-old man with early-stage carcinoma in the gastric antrum. The arrow indicates the No. 13 lymph nodes behind the pancreatic head. (k) A 65-year-old man with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma in the gastric cardia lesser curvature. The arrow indicates the No. 14 lymph nodes at the root of the mesentery or superior mesenteric artery. (l) A 68-year-old woman with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach. The arrow indicates the No. 15 lymph nodes along the middle colic artery