Parietal abdominal lymph nodes

Looks like

Nodes in the walls of the abdomen: under the diaphragm, along the abdominal wall vessels and around the aorta and vena cava.

What it does

Filter lymph from the abdominal wall, kidneys, adrenals, gonads and legs via the pelvis.

Keeping it well

Enlarged in lymphoma and in spread of testicular, kidney, ovarian and uterine cancers; assessed by CT.

Its parts

• Inferior diaphragmatic nodes
• Inferior epigastric nodes
• Left lumbar nodes
• Right lumbar nodes

Related conditions

• Testicular cancer