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Lymph Nodes of the Female Pelvis
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis | Lymph Nodes of Female Pelvis | Unit Review and Quiz |

 

Internal Iliac Nodes 1. Superior gluteal 2. Inferior gluteal 3. Sacral Perivesical Lymph Nodes 4. Prevesicular 5. Postvesicular 6. Lateral vesicular 7. Parauterine 8. Paravaginal 9. Anorectal (pararectal)

Regional lymph nodes for the cervix include: paracervical, parametrial, presacral, sacral, external iliac, common iliac, hypogastric (obturator), internal iliac.

The status of the paraaortic nodes is more important than the status of pelvic nodes in evaluating locally advanced cervical cancer. Positive paraaortic nodes are M1 (Stage IV).