TABLE 2.
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.