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. 2021 Mar 6;239(2):282–289. doi: 10.1111/joa.13422

TABLE 2.

Patient profiles and semi‐quantified data of lymph node sympathetic nerve distribution

Cadaver Sex Age Lymph node Distribution of sympathetic nerves
Capsule Cortex Medulla Hilum
I F 81 1 (L) ++ + +
II F 91 2 (L) + + ++ ++
3 (R) + _ ++ ++
III M 71 4 (L) ++ + ++ +++
5 (L) ++ ++ ++ +++
6 (L) ++ + ++ +++
7(R) ++ ++ ++ ++
IV M 70 8 (L) + ++ ++ +
9 (R) + ++ ++ ++
V M 69 10 (L) ++ ++ +++ +++
11 (L) +++ +++ +++ +++
12 (R) +++ ++ +++ +++
13 (R) +++ ++ +++ +++
VI F 86 14 (L)

++

+ + ++
15 (R) + + ++ ++

Each compartment is evaluated as a distinct entity and the amount of nerves were scored as none (‐), the least amount of all lymph nodes (+), the most amount of all lymph nodes (+++) or valued as in between (++). This scoring method allows to compare various lymph nodes for the amount of sympathetic nerves in a specific compartment. Compartments within a lymph node cannot be compared. No distinction was made between paravascular and discrete nerves.

(L): from the left inguinal region (R): from the right inguinal region.