364:(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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771:Oncologic Imaging: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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767:"Chapter 23 - Primary Retroperitoneal Tumors"
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622:Gross Anatomy (Board Review)
497:Primary peritoneal carcinoma
484:extragonadal germ cell tumor
649:Clinically Oriented Anatomy
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449:retroperitoneal hemorrhage
202:Retroperitoneal structures
903:Right triangular ligament
429:quadratus lumborum muscle
403:Posterior pararenal space
390:Ascending and descending
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620:Kyung Won Chung (2005).
456:Retroperitoneal fibrosis
369:Anterior pararenal space
82:spatium retroperitoneale
919:Round ligament of liver
873:Hepatoduodenal ligament
1089:Paramesenteric gutters
1008:Lateral inguinal fossa
1003:Lateral umbilical fold
978:Phrenicocolic ligament
961:Gastrosplenic ligament
951:Gastrophrenic ligament
878:Hepatogastric ligament
705:University of Michigan
502:Pseudomyxoma peritonei
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1247:Retroperitoneal space
1242:Extraperitoneal space
1057:Cystohepatic triangle
998:Medial inguinal fossa
435:Clinical significance
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155:retroperitoneal space
33:Retroperitoneal space
1182:Uterosacral ligament
973:Splenorenal ligament
956:Gastrocolic ligament
908:Hepatorenal ligament
1188:Vesicouterine pouch
1079:Peritoneal recesses
557:Vesicouterine pouch
510:Soft-tissue sarcoma
1215:Rectovesical pouch
1173:Rectouterine pouch
1062:Hepatorenal recess
993:Supravesical fossa
924:Ligamentum venosum
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515:liposarcoma
413:iliac fossa
71:Identifiers
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1131:Mesovarium
1036:Lesser sac
831:Peritoneum
813:peritoneum
751:2023-11-10
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573:References
472:metastasis
375:peritoneum
266:anal canal
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480:lymphoma
468:neoplasm
427:and the
397:Duodenum
386:Pancreas
283:duodenum
225:urinary
1273:Abdomen
1169:Female
1118:ovaries
1050:General
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476:sarcoma
423:of the
234:kidneys
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