Paracolic Gutter Ct

Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall.

Paracolic gutter ct.

These gutters are used to drain infectious material away from the essential internal organs. The inframesocolic space also contains paracolic gutters which are peritoneal recesses that are inferolateral extensions of their corresponding inframesocolic spaces on the posterior abdominal wall lateral to the ascending and descending colon respectively. A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length. The left lateral paracolic gutter.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. There are two paracolic gutters. This allows the user to perfectly see the different parts of the peritoneal cavity omental bursa paracolic gutters mesentery mesocolon. There are two paracolic gutters in the body the right and left lateral paracolic gutter.

Paracolic gutters are open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon. It is the depression between the postero lateral wall of the abdomen and the lateral margins of the ascending and descending colon. The right lateral paracolic gutter. This is why this patient also has a hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis ascites portal hypertension portacaval anastomosis and splenomegaly.

The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall. The left medial paracolic gutter.