Paracolic Gutter Ct

The left lateral paracolic gutter.

Paracolic gutter ct.

This is why this patient also has a hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis ascites portal hypertension portacaval anastomosis and splenomegaly. It is also known as sulci paracolic and paracolic recesses. There are two paracolic gutters. 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 the depression between the postero lateral wall of the abdomen and the lateral margins of the ascending and descending 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. 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.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. The left medial paracolic gutter. Paracolic gutters are open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon. The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.

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. This allows the user to perfectly see the different parts of the peritoneal cavity omental bursa paracolic gutters mesentery mesocolon.