353:(also "perirenal fat capsule", "perinephric fat, or "adipose capsule of the kidney") is external to the fibrous capsule of the kidney, and internal to the renal fascia (which separates it from the pararenal fat); connective tissue trabeculae extend through it to unite the fibrous capsule of the kidney, and the renal fascia. Perirenal fat is most abundant upon the posterior aspect, inferior pole and along the lateral margins of the kidney.
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611:Gross Anatomy (Board Review)
486:Primary peritoneal carcinoma
473:extragonadal germ cell tumor
638:Clinically Oriented Anatomy
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438:retroperitoneal hemorrhage
191:Retroperitoneal structures
892:Right triangular ligament
418:quadratus lumborum muscle
392:Posterior pararenal space
379:Ascending and descending
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445:Retroperitoneal fibrosis
358:Anterior pararenal space
71:spatium retroperitoneale
908:Round ligament of liver
862:Hepatoduodenal ligament
1078:Paramesenteric gutters
997:Lateral inguinal fossa
992:Lateral umbilical fold
967:Phrenicocolic ligament
950:Gastrosplenic ligament
940:Gastrophrenic ligament
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694:University of Michigan
491:Pseudomyxoma peritonei
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1177:Vesicouterine pouch
1068:Peritoneal recesses
546:Vesicouterine pouch
499:Soft-tissue sarcoma
1204:Rectovesical pouch
1162:Rectouterine pouch
1051:Hepatorenal recess
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60:Identifiers
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1120:Mesovarium
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820:Peritoneum
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375:Pancreas
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214:urinary
1262:Abdomen
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