Vasculature
Plate386
LymphVesselsandNodesofPelvisandGenitalia:Male
Pre-aortic nodes
Pathways from testes along
testicular vessels
Common iliac nodes
Promontorial (middle sacral) nodes
Sacral (lateral) node
Internal iliac nodes
External iliac nodes
Proximal (highest)
deep inguinal
node (of Cloquet)
Deep inguinal nodes
Superficial inguinal nodes
Pre-aortic node
Promontorial node
Internal
iliac nodes
(Middle
and lateral)
sacral nodes
Pathway
alongside
rectum to
(middle and
lateral) sacral
nodes
Lymphatic drainage
from prostate
Prevesical plexus and pathway (
dashed line
)
to external iliac nodes
Pathway along inferior vesical vessels
to internal iliac nodes (principal pathway)
Pathway over bladder to external iliac nodes
Common iliac node
External iliac nodes
Presymphyseal node
Pathway (
dashed line
) from lower
prostate and membranous urethra
along internal pudendal vessels (beneath
pelvic diaphragm) to internal iliac nodes
