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Sonoanatomy of the Pancreas

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Abstract

The situation of the pancreas is illustrated in Figs. 19.1 and 19.2. It is located in the anterior pararenal space, which contains the fixed portion of the ascending colon and the descending colon laterally (Meyers 1976). It is separated from the great vessels by the medial portion of Gerota’s fascia. The pararenal fascia (Zuckerkandl’s fascia posteriorly, Gerota’s fascia posteriorly) separates the anterior perirenal space, and therefore the pancreas, from the perirenal space (Figs. 19.2, 19.3). The vessels in the pancreatic region will be reexamined a little later in this chapter; the splenic vessels and the upper portion of the mesenteric vessels also lie in the anterior pararenal space, and the renal vessels are in the perirenal space.

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Weill, F.S. (1996). Sonoanatomy of the Pancreas. In: Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61045-5_19

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