Inferior epigastric artery lymph nodes: A pathway for systemic dissemination from peritoneal carcinomatosis?

Antoine El AsmarIsabelle VeysDenis LarsimontVincent Donckier Liberale Gabriel

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

These lymphatic nodes basin and channels might reveal to be a potential passage from peritoneal metastasis to the extraperitoneal lymphatic compartment, representing an independent pathway for cancerous cell dissemination. This will bring us to further investigate the prevalence and the prognostic significance of these LNs.

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