Paracolic Gutter Ct

It is also known as sulci paracolic and paracolic recesses.

Paracolic gutter ct.

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 main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. The right lateral paracolic gutter.

There are two paracolic gutters. These gutters are used to drain infectious material away from the essential internal organs. There are two paracolic gutters in the body the right and left lateral paracolic gutter. 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.

The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall. The left medial paracolic gutter. The left lateral paracolic gutter.

It is the depression between the postero lateral wall of the abdomen and the lateral margins of the ascending and descending colon. Paracolic gutters are open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon. 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.