Paracolic gutters
Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera.
Latin	sulci paracolici

The paracolic gutters (paracolic sulci, paracolic recesses) are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.

There are two paracolic gutters:

• The right lateral paracolic gutter.
• The left lateral paracolic gutter.

These gutters are clinically important because they allow a passage for infectious fluids from different compartments of the abdomen. For example; fluid from an infected appendix can track up the right paracolic gutter to the hepatorenal recess.

[edit] See also

• Peritoneal recesses
• Paramesenteric gutters

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 37:14-0100 - "Abdominal Cavity: Peritoneal Gutters"

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