Paracolic Gutter Ct Anatomy

The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.

Paracolic gutter ct anatomy. Similar to the right the left lateral paracolic gutter extends from the left colic splenic flexure adjacent to the lateral wall. There are two paracolic gutters. The left lateral paracolic gutter. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.

The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces. The right lateral paracolic gutter. Figure 12 axial coronal and sagittal ct images in a patient with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour gist.

A right medial paracolic gutter has also been described in cases where the ascending colon has a mesentery. Comprehensive anatomy and ct features of pathologic conditions. The left medial paracolic gutter. It is limited inferiorly by the ilium and its mesentery.

The connection between the left paracolic gutter and the left subphrenic space is partially limited by the phrenicocolic ligament. A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon. There are two paracolic gutters in a human body. The right and left paracolic gutters both lies on the lateral side of posterior abdominal wall alongside the ascending and descending colon are the peritoneal recesses.

Arrows indicate sites of multiple intraperitoneal deposits in the right subphrenic space rss right paracolic gutter rpg left paracolic gutter lpg greater omentum go and rectovesical pouch rvp. The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces it is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament. The right paracolic gutter is larger than the left and communicates freely with the right subphrenic space. The left lateral paracolic gutter.

Left lateral paracolic gutter.