Editing Inguinal lymph nodes (section)

==Deep inguinal lymph nodes==
The '''deep inguinal lymph nodes''' are 3-5 in number. They lie medial to the [[femoral vein]] deep to the [[cribriform fascia]].<ref name=":0">{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2657}}</ref><ref name="Loukas">{{cite journal |vauthors=Loukas M, El-Sedfy A, Tubbs RS, Wartman C |date=November 2007 |title=Jules Germain Cloquet (1790-1883)--drawing master and anatomist |journal=Am Surg |volume=73 |issue=11 |pages=1169–72 |pmid=18092657}}</ref>

=== Size ===
The mean size of an inguinal lymph node, as measured over the short-axis, is approximately 5.4&nbsp;mm (range 2.1-13.6&nbsp;mm), with two [[standard deviation]]s above the mean being 8.8&nbsp;mm.<ref name="BontumasiJacobson2014">{{cite journal |last1=Bontumasi |first1=Nicholas |last2=Jacobson |first2=Jon A. |last3=Caoili |first3=Elaine |last4=Brandon |first4=Catherine |last5=Kim |first5=Sung Moon |last6=Jamadar |first6=David |year=2014 |title=Inguinal lymph nodes: size, number, and other characteristics in asymptomatic patients by CT |journal=Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy |volume=36 |issue=10 |pages=1051–1055 |doi=10.1007/s00276-014-1255-0 |issn=0930-1038 |pmid=24435023}}</ref> A size of up to 10&nbsp;mm is generally regarded as a [[Reference range#One-sided cut-off values|cut-off value]] for normal vs abnormal inguinal lymph node size.<ref name="Torabi2004">{{cite journal |author=Maha Torabi, MD |author2=, Suzanne L. Aquino |author3=Mukesh G. Harisinghani |name-list-style=amp |date=2004-09-01 |title=Current Concepts in Lymph Node Imaging |url=http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/45/9/1509.full |journal=J Nucl Med |volume=45 |issue=9 |pages=1509–1518}}</ref>

=== Cloquet's node ===
The superior-most node is situated in the [[groin]], deep to the [[inguinal ligament]], and is termed the '''Cloquet's node''' (also Rosenmuller's node).<ref name="Zhu">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhu Y, Zhang SL, Ye DW |display-authors=etal |title=Prospectively packaged ilioinguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer: the disseminative pattern of lymph node metastasis |journal=J. Urol. |volume=181 |issue=5 |pages=2103–8 |date=May 2009 |pmid=19286211 |doi=10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.041}}</ref> It can instead be considered as the inferior-most of the [[external iliac lymph nodes]].<ref name="urlClinical Sidelights to Core Concepts in Anatomy">{{cite web |url=http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/HBA531/ClinicalSidelights.html |title=Clinical Sidelights to Core Concepts in Anatomy |access-date=2010-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226173408/http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/HBA531/ClinicalSidelights.html |archive-date=2010-02-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{citation needed |date=September 2017}} Cloquet's node is also considered as a potential [[sentinel lymph node]].<ref name="Zhu" /><ref name="Shen">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shen P, Conforti AM, Essner R, Cochran AJ, Turner RR, Morton DL |title=Is the node of Cloquet the sentinel node for the iliac/obturator node group? |journal=Cancer J |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=93–7 |year=2000 |pmid=11069226 }}</ref>

This node is named for French surgeon [[Jules Germain Cloquet]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Loukas" /> or for German anatomist [[Johann Christian Rosenmüller]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Whonamedit - dictionary of medical eponyms |url=http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2657.html |website=www.whonamedit.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=node of Cloquet |work=TheFreeDictionary.com |url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/node+of+Cloquet |access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>

=== Efferents ===
The deep inguinal lymph nodes drain superiorly to the external iliac lymph nodes, then to the pelvic lymph nodes and on to the [[paraaortic lymph nodes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=lymph nodes and nerves |url=http://www.oganatomy.org/projanat/gross/6/2.htm |access-date=2016-05-09 |website=www.oganatomy.org}}</ref>