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==Clinical significance==
This area contains the superficial and deep lymphatic basins (groups)<ref name="Def2023">{{cite web |title=def/lymphatic-basin |url=https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/lymphatic-basin# |website=www.cancer.gov |access-date=23 June 2023 |language=en |date=2 February 2011}}</ref> of the inguinal lymph nodes, and is the location targeted in an inguinal [[lymphadenectomy]].  The basins are separated by the [[fascia lata]].  For patients with palpable nodal disease, removal of the superficial and deep basins are recommended.  In a patient with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy, generally only the superficial nodes are removed, unless Cloquet's node (the most superior of the deep nodes) is clinically positive.<ref>Swan, Marc C, Furniss, Dominic, and Cassell, Oliver C.  Surgical management of metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy.
BMJ. 2004 Nov 27; 329(7477): 1272–1276. {{doi|10.1136/bmj.329.7477.1272}}</ref>