Inguinal lymph nodes

Looks like

A cluster of beans in the groin crease, often felt as small mobile lumps.

What it does

Filter lymph from the legs, the lower belly wall and the genitals.

Keeping it well

Nothing routine. A hard, growing, fixed node needs assessment.

Its parts

• Inferior superficial inguinal nodes
• Superolateral superficial inguinal nodes
• Superomedial superficial inguinal nodes

Related conditions

• Anal cancer
• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Mpox (monkeypox)
• Penile cancer
• Vaginal cancer
• Vulval cancer