[The localization of the regional ovarian lymph nodes in girls and mature women].

The method of interstitial injections followed by preparation was used to investigate the regional lymph nodes of the ovaries located in the retroperitoneal space in 18 preparations from corpses of women of different age. The permanently occurring (in all the cases) precaval lymph node, regional for the right ovary and permanent lateral aortal lymph node, regional for the left ovary were determined. The shape, syntopy, skeletotopy of these nodes are described. Their sizes are determined. It was established that the level of localization of both the precaval and lateral aortal lymph nodes displaced downward with age relative to the vertebral column. However, the level of localization of the permanent lateral aortal lymph node, regional for the left ovary is higher than the precaval lymph node regional for the right ovary irrespective of the age. The distance from the place of localization of permanent lymph nodes to the vertebral column axis increases with age. For example, the precaval lymph node in early childhood is at a distance of 9 +/- 0.4 mm (8-10 mm), in the second period of childhood at a distance of 14 +/- 0.8 mm (13-15 mm), and at the first period of adult age at a distance of 24 +/- 2.9 mm (20-27 mm) to the right from the vertebral column axis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)