Paracolic Gutter Ct

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

Paracolic gutter ct.

There are two paracolic gutters. Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall. Between the outer wall of the colon and back side of the abdominal wall there is an open space known as the paracolic gutter. 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.

It is also known as sulci paracolic and paracolic recesses. The left medial paracolic gutter. The right lateral paracolic gutter. This allows the user to perfectly see the different parts of the peritoneal cavity omental bursa paracolic gutters mesentery mesocolon.

The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall. These gutters are used to drain infectious material away from the essential internal organs. This is why this patient also has a hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis ascites portal hypertension portacaval anastomosis and splenomegaly. 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. There are two paracolic gutters in the body the right and left lateral paracolic gutter. The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.