gastric lymph node (right/left)

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Introduction

Left (superior) gastric nodes - along the left gastric artery & its branches. Divided into: paracardial, upper & lower groups

Right gastric nodes - along the right gastric artery that drain part of the lesser curvature of stomach.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.