ReviewSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2024
Retroperitoneum revisited: a review of radiological literature and updated concept of retroperitoneal fascial anatomy with imaging features and correlating anatomy.
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- Perinephric Myxoid Pseudotumor of Fat Associated With Complicated Colonic Disease.International journal of surgical pathology · 2026Article
- Comparison of percutaneous and transarterial fiducial marker placement before proton therapy for pancreatic cancer.Journal of radiation research · 2026Article
- Thin-Adipose Compartment at the Colonic Mesentery-Perirenal Fat Interface: Histological and Three-Dimensional Morphological Studies.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2026Article
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- Kidney involvement in multisystem diseases: a review and key imaging findings.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Fused Ischiorectal Phlegmon with Pre- and Retroperitoneal Extension: Case Report and Narrative Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Retrocolic Fascia-An Anatomical and Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography (MDCTA) Morphometric Analysis in Patients with Right Colon Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeSpread of disease in the retroperitoneum is dictated by the complex anatomy of retroperitoneal fasciae and is still incompletely understood. Conflicting reports have led to insufficient and incorrect anatomical concepts in radiological literature.
methodsThis review will discuss previous concepts prevalent in radiological literature and their shortcomings will be highlighted. New insights from recent anatomical and embryological research, together with imaging examples, will be used to clarify patterns of disease spread in the retroperitoneum that remain unexplained by these concepts.
resultsThe fusion fascia and the renal fascia in particular give rise to planes and spaces that act as vectors for spread of disease in the retroperitoneum. Some of these planes and structures, such as the caudal extension of the renal fascia, have previously not been described in radiological literature.
conclusionNew insights, including the various fasciae, potential spaces and planes, are incorporated into an updated combined retroperitoneal fascial concept.
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