[Anatomy and topography of adult human hepatic lymph nodes]

In 63 corpses of mature persons of both sex at the age of 17-96 years, anatomy and topography of hepatic lymph nodes have been studied by means of interstitial injections into the liver and gallbladder. In 98% of cases from 1 to 10 lymph nodes have been revealed. They have been subdivided into 3 subgroups: the hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes (1-8 nodes, from 1 x 1 x 1 mm to 43 x 8 x 6 mm in size, situating near the vessels and bile ducts which run in between the layers of the ligament), the gallbladder lymph nodes (1-3 nodes, from 2 x 1 x 1 mm to 15 x 7 x 5 mm in size) situated at the neck of the gallbladder, and the lymph nodes near the common hepatic artery (1-3 nodes, from 3 x 2 x 2 mm to 45 x 12 x 6 mm in size). It has been stated that during adolescence and mature age, the number of the lymph nodes varies within greater range than during elderly and old age.