title: Rare peritoneal bands and recesses: incidental findings in a cadaveric dissection.
abstract: Variable arrangement of the visceral peritoneum would result in the formation of unexpected peritoneal bands and associated recesses. These could confound the unsuspecting clinician in both the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the abdomen. It is thus imperative to be alert to the surprises the peritoneum may throw up and, however rare, abdominal conditions resulting from such aberrations must be kept in mind. Cadaveric dissection of an elderly female revealed a number of peritoneal anomalies. Apart from a cysto-duodenal extension of the lesser omentum, there was a bilaminar, avascular band passing from the inferior surface of the right lobe of liver to both the duodenum and the transverse colon. This anomalous band lay posterior to and distinct from the lesser omentum. The epiploic foramen was thus delimited by two unconventional folds. Further, the distal half of the transverse mesocolon failed to reach the posterior abdominal wall and instead formed an arched continuity with an aberrant mesentery of descending colon. An unusual type of peri-caecal recess was also present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Dental College and Hospital, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Dhanakwadi, Pune 411043, Maharashtra, India. drnamitaalok@gmail.com
authors.forename: Namita A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Rajendra S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Garud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D063405:Anatomic Variation; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*