Paracolic Gutter Free Fluid

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Paracolic gutter free fluid.

From wikipedia the free encyclopedia. Infected peritoneal fluids get a passageway through these gutters to other compartments of the abdominal cavity. The ultra sound revealed free fluid in sub hepatic space and right paracolic gutters. The paracolic gutter is associated with a subphrenic abscess.

Inflammation in the abdomen. Ectopic pregnancy after bilateral tubal ligation. Wikimili the free encyclopedia. This drainage occurs in much the same way that the gutters on a house draw the rain off the roof.

In the pelvis a complex right adnexal mass measuring 5 7 x 6 cm with suspicion of hematoma was noted. Free fluid may be physiological in female patients. The right paracolic gutter is larger than the left and communicates freely with the right subphrenic space. The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.

The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall. Usually maximal around ovulation. Last updated august 22 2019. Pathologic fluid can pass between the supracolic and infracolic compartments via the paracolic gutters the peritoneal spaces lateral to the ascending and descending colon.

The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colonand the abdominal wall. Fluid collection can be seen in any inflammation or infection paracolic gutters function to drain fluid which leaks from the colon like infectious matter pus or bile and prevents infection or damage to the outer margin of the colon. Free fluid can be seen at ultrasound. In a supine position gravity causes fluid in the upper abdomen to flow from the left upper quadrant and right paracolic gutter into the right upper quadrant.

The right and left paracolic gutter are connected to subphrenic spaces proximally and to the pelvic area at the distal end.