Figure 4

Intraoperative laparoscopic and postoperative pathological findings. (a) Laparoscopic findings of an enlarged lymph node (LN) located along the lesser curvature of the upper stomach. (b) Resected tumor with LN metastasis invading the stomach wall. (c, d) Postoperative pathological examination revealed that the resected LN was compatible with metastasis of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (c) and had invaded the stomach wall (d).