Quick Facts
Location: Accompanies the left gastroomental artery.
Drainage: Upper territory of stomach and greater omentum.
Direction of Flow: Superior pancreatic and splenic nodes > hepatic nodes > celiac nodes > intestinal trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The left gastroomental nodes are found adjacent to the left gastroomental artery. These nodes form a chain, ranging from four to eight nodes, that extends from the middle of the greater curvature of the stomach up to the fundus. Their afferent vessels drain the upper aspect of the stomach and greater omentum (Földi et al., 2012).
The efferent vessels of the left gastroomental nodes drain to the superior pancreatic and splenic nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
References
Földi, M., Földi, E., Strößenreuther, R. and Kubik, S. (2012) Földi's Textbook of Lymphology: for Physicians and Lymphedema Therapists. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The left gastroomental nodes are found adjacent to the left gastroomental artery. These nodes form a chain, ranging from four to eight nodes, that extends from the middle of the greater curvature of the stomach up to the fundus. Their afferent vessels drain the upper aspect of the stomach and greater omentum (Földi et al., 2012).
The efferent vessels of the left gastroomental nodes drain to the superior pancreatic and splenic nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
