The retroperitoneal space (retroperitoneum) is the anatomical space (sometimes a potential space) behind (retro) the peritoneum. It has no specific delineating...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormond's disease is a disease featuring the proliferation of fibrous tissue (fibrosis) in the retroperitoneum, the compartment...

Retroperitoneal bleeding is an accumulation of blood in the retroperitoneal space. Signs and symptoms may include abdominal or upper leg pain, hematuria...

a prior ALT/WDL; or who present with a retroperitoneal liposarcoma (DDL constitutes ~57% of all retroperitoneal liposarcomas). DDL tumors only rarely (<1%...

cavity that are located behind the intraperitoneal space are called "retroperitoneal" (e.g., the kidneys), and those structures below the intraperitoneal...

surgery (such as cancer surgery) and is most commonly found in the retroperitoneal space. Spontaneous development is rare. Many lymphoceles are asymptomatic...

Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) is a surgical procedure to remove abdominal lymph nodes. It is used to treat testicular cancer, as well...

hip. The bruising appears as a blue discoloration, and is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage, or bleeding behind the peritoneum, which is a lining of...

aneurysm. Rupture of the aneurysm causes blood to accumulate in the retroperitoneal space and extravasate into the scrotal tissue via the inguinal canal...

hydatid cyst has resulted in recurrence of the cyst. Cases of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma (PRMC) are extremely rare. However, they are observed...

various sites of the body), mediastinal fibrosis and some cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis. This is not a complete list, as IgG4-RD can involve any site...

appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle is retroperitoneal). The technique for detecting the psoas sign is carried out on the...

peritoneal or retroperitoneal: intraperitoneal organs are covered in serosa (a layer of mesothelium, the visceral peritoneum) retroperitoneal organs are...

external lobulation. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about 12 centimetres (4+1⁄2 inches)...

(usually) the omentum, pelvic (peritoneal) washings, assessment of retroperitoneal lymph nodes (including the pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes), appendectomy...

salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic (peritoneal) washings, assessment of retroperitoneal lymph nodes and/or appendectomy. The AJCC staging system, identical...

The first part lies within the peritoneum but its other parts are retroperitoneal.: 273  The first part, or superior part, of the duodenum is a continuation...

Rodriguez, collapses from severe back pain and is diagnosed with a retroperitoneal sarcoma. It is found that she is uninsured and an undocumented immigrant...

called the retroperitoneum, and the kidneys and ureters are known as retroperitoneal organs. View of the various organs and blood-vessels in proximity with...

sigmoid colon is completely surrounded by peritoneum (and thus is not retroperitoneal), which forms a mesentery (sigmoid mesocolon), which diminishes in...

Retroperitoneal parts are covered with adventitia. They blend into the surrounding tissue and are fixed in position. For example, the retroperitoneal...

died at York Hospital on 12 May 2018 of a pulmonary embolism and a retroperitoneal haemorrhage, which occurred following surgery to repair an abdominal...

deficiency Chimney sweeps' carcinoma (scrotal cancer) Anatomy portal Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection Scrotal infusion, a temporary form of body modification...

tomography scan of the same patient's abdomen pre-operation reveals a large retroperitoneal soft-tissue mass. There are long hyperdense opacities that resemble...

the areas where LMSs originate from. LMSs also often develop in the retroperitoneal region which consists of the suprarenal glands, the kidney, and ureter...

cancer cells to spread, while in an inguinal orchiectomy, only the retroperitoneal route exists.[citation needed] Blood tests are also used to identify...

the peritoneum and mesentery General Peritoneum cavity Mesentery Abdominal Pelvic Spaces Extraperitoneal space Retroperitoneal space Retropubic space...

While the cecum is usually intraperitoneal, the ascending colon is retroperitoneal. In herbivores, the cecum stores food material where bacteria are able...

arise from other various causes include kidney stones, blood clots or retroperitoneal fibrosis. A 2019 review found three cases of hydronephrosis with renal...

"Scrotal inflation: a new cause for subcutaneous, mediastinal and retroperitoneal emphysema". Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal. 17 (3): 225–226. PMID 5350135...