World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Table 3 Mapping of metastatic nodes in the four patients with supra-renal PAN metastases

From: Metastasis to para-aortic lymph nodes cephalad to the renal veins in patients with ovarian cancer

			Supra-renal PAN*		Infra-renal PAN*						PLN
			Supra-renal PAN*		Upper**			Lower***			PLN
Primary tumor site	Histological diagnosis	Stage (TNM)	Metastatic lymph nodes		Metastatic lymph nodes			Metastatic lymph nodes			Metastatic lymph nodes
Primary tumor site	Histological diagnosis	Stage (TNM)	G (median)	H (left)	B (right)	G (median)	F (left)	A (right)	C (median)	E (left)	Metastatic lymph nodes
Ovary	HGSC	ypT3CN1M0	N	P	N	P	P	N	P	N	P
Ovary	HGSC	ypT3CN1M0	P	P	N	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ovary	HGSC	ypT3CN1M0	P	N	N	P	P	N	N	P	P
Peritoneum	HGSC	ypT3CN1M0	P	P	P	P	P	N	P	P	P

Abbreviations: PAN para-aortic lymph nodes, PLN pelvic lymph nodes, HGSC high-grade serous carcinoma, P positive, N negative
*For the locations of A–H, see Fig. 2
**PANs located inferior to the renal veins and superior to the inferior mesenteric artery
***PANs located inferior to the inferior mesenteric artery and superior to the aortic bifurcation

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