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Patterns of Spread of Renal, Upper Urothelial, and Adrenal Pathology

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The kidneys and adrenal glands reside within the perirenal space, a subdivision of the extraperitoneum formed by the anterior and posterior renal fascia. The posterior renal fascia was first described by Zuckerkandl and the anterior renal fascia by Gerota, but the two layers are known collectively as Gerota's fascia.1 These two layers fuse posterior to the colon, forming the lateroconal fascia, which continues around the flank blending with the peritoneal reflection. These fascial relationships define the extraperitoneal compartments.2

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  1. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8460, USA

    Morton A. Meyers MD, FACR, FACG (Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Medicine, Distinguished University Professor)

  2. The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Chusilp Charnsangavej MD, FSIR (Professor of Radiology, Robert D. Moreton Distinguished, Chair in Diagnostic Radiology)

  3. Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1088, USA

    Michael Oliphant MD, FACR (Professor of Radiology)

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Meyers, M.A., Charnsangavej, C., Oliphant, M. (2010). Patterns of Spread of Renal, Upper Urothelial, and Adrenal Pathology. In: Meyers' Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5939-3_13

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