title: Pictorial review: Subperitoneal spaces of the broad ligament and sigmoid mesocolon--imaging findings.
abstract: In this report, we illustrate the imaging findings of diseases in the subperitoneal space of the broad ligament and sigmoid mesocolon and discuss the pathways of subperitoneal spread of disease. The subperitoneal space of the broad ligament and sigmoid mesocolon is continuous with that of the parietal peritoneum overlying the pelvic wall. Extraperitoneal diseases originating in the pelvis can extend, via the abdominopelvic vasculature or fascial-defined compartment, superiorly into the retroperitoneal compartments of the abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita City, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okane
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watarai
mesh_terms: D001956:Broad Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008646:Mesocolon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed