British Journal of Radiology (2007) 80, 841-848
© 2007 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/64292252
Learning the nodal stations in the abdomen
F E Morón, MD
1 and
J Szklaruk, PhD, MD
2
1 Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM 360, 2 Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Box 57, Houston, Texas 77030, USA

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Figure 1. Diagram of the abdomen: gastro-oesophageal (black); hepatic artery (aqua); splenic (pink); gastro-omental (light purple); left gastric (blue); hepatoduodenal ligament (orange).
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Figure 2. Diagram of the abdomen: left gastric (green); coeliac (yellow); diaphragmatic (red); paraoesophageal (blue); lesser curvature (aqua).
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Figure 3. Diagram of the abdomen: coeliac (aqua); hepatic artery (light blue); left gastric (blue); gastroduodenal (pink); superior mesenteric (dark and light green).
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Figure 4. Diagram of the abdomen: right colic (dark green); superior mesenteric (aqua); middle colic (light green); paracolic (red); left colic (pink); sigmoid (purple); inferior mesenteric (orange).
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Figure 5. Diagram of the abdomen: interaortocaval (green); inguinal (blue); internal iliac (dark red); external iliac (red); pre-caval (yellow); common iliac (light blue); left para-aortic (pink).
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Figure 6. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: left gastric (pink); greater curvature (blue); left inferior phrenic (green).
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Figure 7. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: lesser curvature (light blue); hepatic artery (blue); greater curvature (green); pericolic (pink); middle colic (red).
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Figure 8. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: greater curvature (blue); right gastric (red); right colic (yellow).
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Figure 9. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: gastroduodenal (green); pericolic (pink); superior mesenteric (light blue); interaortocaval (yellow); right gastroepiploic (red).
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Figure 10. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: right gastroepiploic (light blue); periportal (green); superior mesenteric (yellow); inferior pancreatic (red).
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Figure 11. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: splenic (yellow); periportal (green); anterior pancreatic (red); hepatic (orange).
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Figure 12. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: coeliac axis (green); hepatoduodenal (blue); common hepatic (red).
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Figure 13. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: coeliac axis (yellow); splenic (green); greater omental (light blue); anterior pancreaticoduodenal (pink); posterior pancreaticoduodenal (blue); pancreatic inferior (red).
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Figure 14. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: juxtaintestinal (green); renal hilar (light blue); superior mesenteric (yellow).
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Figure 15. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: lateral aortic (light blue); right gastroepiploic (yellow); interaortocaval (blue); pyloric (green); superior mesenteric (pink).
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Figure 16. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: renal hilar (green); retro-aortic (light blue); superior mesenteric (pink).
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Figure 17. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: lateral aortic (yellow); retrocaval (green); interaortocaval (light blue); juxtaintestinal (red); pericolic (pink); left colic (dark blue).
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Figure 18. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: lateral aortic (light blue); retrocaval (green); lateral caval (pink); pre-aortic (red); pre-caval (dark blue).
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Figure 19. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: inferior mesenteric (green); juxtaintestinal (light blue); anterior ileocolic (red); posterior ileocolic (dark blue).
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Figure 20. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: juxtaintestinal (yellow); medial common iliac (light blue); lateral common iliac (green); ileocolic (pink); anterior cecal (dark blue); posterior cecal (red).
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Figure 21. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: promontory (green); lateral common iliac (yellow); inferior mesenteric (blue).
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Figure 22. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: internal iliac (hypogastric, green); external iliac (yellow); superior rectal (red).
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Figure 23. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: retrocrural (red), inferior diaphragmatic (blue), middle colic (green).
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Figure 24. CT image of the abdomen demonstrates the following nodal stations: anterior diaphragmatic (green), gastro-oesophageal (blue); middle diaphragmatic (red).
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