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The regional lymph nodal stations for each segment of the colon and rectum

The regional lymph nodal stations for each segment of the colon and rectum
Segment Regional lymph nodes
Cecum Pericolic, ileocolic, right colic
Ascending colon Pericolic, ileocolic, right colic, right branch of the middle colic
Hepatic flexure Pericolic, ileocolic, right colic, middle colic
Transverse colon Pericolic, middle colic
Splenic flexure Pericolic, middle colic, left colic
Descending colon Pericolic, left colic, sigmoid, inferior mesenteric
Sigmoid colon Pericolic, sigmoid, superior rectal (hemorrhoidal), inferior mesenteric
Rectosigmoid Pericolic, sigmoid, superior rectal (hemorrhoidal), inferior mesenteric
Rectum Mesorectal, superior rectal (hemorrhoidal), inferior mesenteric, internal iliac, inferior rectal (hemorrhoidal)
Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois. The original source for this information is the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing.
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