2020
DOI: 10.1002/jso.26269
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Inferior epigastric artery lymph nodes: A pathway for systemic dissemination from peritoneal carcinomatosis?

Abstract: Background and Objectives: We report, for the first time in the literature, a metastatic lymphatic pathway along the inferior epigastric vessels, through the inferior epigastric lymph nodes (IELNs), in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). Interestingly, these lymph nodes (LNs) in the anterior retroperitoneum were not detectable on preoperative imaging. They may, however, represent a pertinent systemic dissemination pathway for PC. Patients and Methods: In patients undergoing indocyanine green-fluoresc… Show more

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