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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2014; 20(14): 3889-3904
Published online Apr 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.3889
Table 1 Regional lymph nodes as defined by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer (JGCA, 1998)[10]
No. 1 Right paracardial LN
No. 2 Left paracardial LN
No. 3 LN along the lesser curvature
No. 4 LN along greater curve (short gastric vessels, left and right gastroepiploic vessels)
No. 5 Suprapyloric LN
No. 6 Infrapyloric LN
No. 7 LN along the left gastric artery
No. 8 LN along the common hepatic artery (anterosuperior and posterior group)
No. 9 LN around the celiac artery
No. 10 LN at the splenic hilum
No. 11 LN along the splenic artery (proximal and distal tract)
No. 12 LN in the hepatoduodenal ligament (along hepatic artery, bile duct and portal vein)
No. 13 LN retropancreatic
No. 14 LN along superior mesenteric vessels (vein and artery)
No. 15 LN along the middle colic vessels
No. 16 LN paraaortic (of upper, middle and lower abdominal aorta, in relation to the intragastric tumor site)
The classification includes also the following lymph node compartments:
No. 17 LN on the anterior surface of the pancreatic head
No. 18 LN along the inferior margin of the pancreas
No. 19 Infradiaphragmatic LN1
No. 20 LN in the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm1
No. 110 Paraesophageal LN in the lower thorax1
No. 111 Supradiaphragmatic LN1
No. 112 Posterior mediastinal LN1
1When the gastric carcinoma also invades the esophagus. LN: Lymph nodes.