Rich network of lymphatic vessels, in the lamina propria of the mucosa but
                                also in the other layers

                            Cervical esophagus: lymph vessels → lower internal jugular nodes and upper
                            tracheal nodes;  The internal jugular chain ( a subdivision of the deep cervical
                            nodes ) lies along the internal jugular vein drain on the left side to thoracic

                            duct and on the right side to the short right lymph duct openning into the
                            right subclavian vein at the angle formed by them
 
 

                             Thoracic esophagus: upper lymphatics drain posteriorly to posterior parietal
                              nodes and diaphragmatic nodes; anteriorly, to tracheal nodes(paratracheal
                                    nodes) and tracheo-bronchial nodes form a chain on each side along the recurrent
                              nerve; lower lymphatics down to retrocardiac and infracardiac nodes.
                             The posterior parietal nodes comprise the posterior mediastinal and the intercostal
                             nodes, both of them upward drain into the thoracic duct and the right lymph duct

                            Abdominal esophagus: similar to the upper portion of the lesser curvature,
                                to paracardial node( cardiac node ) → celiac nodes → through the esophageal
                            hiatus connected with the nodes above the diaphragm empty into the
                            cisterna chyli or the thoracic duct