8 - Common hepatic artery nodes
8 - Nodi arteriae hepaticae communis
Definition
The common hepatic artery lymph nodes (8) are located around the common hepatic artery from its root from the coeliac trunk to the branching off of the gastroduodenal artery. These lymph nodes are distinguished into an anterior part (8a), and a posterior part (8p).
References
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Pulkit Maru Imaging of Gastric Carcinoma. Part Two: Lymph node mapping in Gastric Carcinoma. J Gastrointestinal Abdominal Radiol ISGAR 2021;4:206–213.
