Posterior pararenal space
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The posterior pararenal space pararenal space is the smallest and most clinically insignificant portion of the retroperitoneum. It is filled with fat, blood vessels and lymphatics, but contains no major organs.
- posteriorly bound by transversalis fascia
- anteriorly bound by posterior perirenal fascia
(Zackerandl(Zuckerkandl's fascia) - medially bound by fusion of the posterior perirenal and transversalis fasciae with muscular fasciae
- cranial extent determined by the fusion of psoas and quadratus lumborum with the inferior phrenic fascia
- inferiorly open into the pelvis
It is rarely subject to involvement in disease processes except where spread is from adjacent structures.
-<p>The <strong>posterior pararenal space</strong> is the smallest and most clinically insignificant portion of the <a href="/articles/retroperitoneum">retroperitoneum</a>. It is filled with fat, blood vessels and lymphatics, but contains no major organs.</p><ul>- +<p>The <strong>posterior pararenal space</strong> is the smallest and most clinically insignificant portion of the <a href="/articles/retroperitoneum">retroperitoneum</a>. It is filled with fat, blood vessels and lymphatics, but contains no major organs.</p><ul>
-<li>anteriorly bound by posterior <a href="/articles/perirenal-fascia">perirenal fascia</a> (Zackerandl's fascia)</li>- +<li>anteriorly bound by posterior <a href="/articles/perirenal-fascia">perirenal fascia</a> (Zuckerkandl's fascia)</li>
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