title: [The left lateroportal lamina of the pancreas or left retropancreatic lamina].
abstract: Findings on 100 cadaver dissections after lymphatic injections of fetuses and infants demonstrated the presence of the left posterior attachment of the pancreas corresponding to the left mesopancreatico-duodeno-umbilical contingent described by Couinaud. In adults, this hand, known initially as the left lateroportal process in no way constitutes a surgical obstacle to excision, but its pathologic role and embryologic significance cannot be disputed. As a result of the article by H. Richelme, the author is in entire agreement with the term left retropancreatic process.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004210:Dissection; D004386:Duodenum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005205:Fascia / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008643:Mesentery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: La lame latéro-portale gauche (L.L.P.G.) du pancréas ou lame rétro-pancréatique gauche (L.R.P.G.).