The left medial paracolic gutter.
Paracolic gutter subphrenic recess.
What are the paracolic gutters rectouterine pouch retroperitoneal space ulnar gutter subphrenic space abdominal wall hepatic flexure peritoneal space ascendi.
It is also known as sulci paracolic and paracolic recesses.
Morrison s pouch hepatorenal recess liver tip right paracolic gutter and.
The two paracolic gutters and the two paramesenteric gutters there are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunal flexure cecum and the sigmoid colon.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
There are two paracolic gutters in the body the right and left lateral paracolic gutter.
Peritonitis ruptured liver abscess ruptured appendicular abscess and may have an acute or chronic course.
Likewise the right paracolic gutter also acts as a conduit for pelvic infections to track up into the right subphrenic and subhepatic spaces 2.
Subphrenic abscesses refer to an accumulation of pus in the left or right subphrenic space.
There are left and right subphrenic spaces separated by the falciform ligament of the liver.
The term refers mainly to four spaces in the abdominal cavity.
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Subphrenic space splenorenal recess spleen tip left paracolic gutter and.
The paracolic gutter paracolic sulci paracolic recesses is a space between the colon and the abdominal wall.
Peritoneal recesses or peritoneal gutters are the spaces formed by peritoneum draping over viscera.
Rectovesical pouch male patients or in female patients rectouterine pouch of douglas.
The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces.
Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall.
Right subphrenic abscesses are often secondary to intra abdominal sepsis e g.
Left upper quadrant luq.
They are more common on the right side due to the increased frequency of appendicitis and ruptured duodenal ulcers pus from the appendix can track up to the subphrenic space via the right paracolic gutter.
Paracolic gutters help keep infectious material away from the body s internal organs.
Between the outer wall of the colon and back side of the abdominal wall there is an open space known as the paracolic gutter.
It is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament.
They are located between the diaphragm and the liver.
