Visceral pelvic lymph nodes

Looks like

Nodes lying right next to the pelvic organs: around the bladder, rectum and womb or prostate.

What it does

First filter for lymph from the pelvic organs.

Keeping it well

Removed with the organ in cancer surgery; rectal cancer surgery takes them with the fat around the rectum.

Its parts

• Paravesical nodes
• Pararectal nodes

Related conditions

• Bladder cancer
• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Cervical cancer
• Endometrial (womb) cancer
• Prostate cancer