Presacral Space
A wide variety of benign and malignant conditions may derive from its various elements.
Presacral space. Normally it is empty or it contains a pocket of fat. Widening of the presacral space is one of the diagnostic indicators of the diseases involving pelvic pathology and rectal involvement. The presacral space is the area between the rectum and lowest part of your the spine which is called the sacrum.
It is ideally measured on barium studies at the level of s3 4 disc level on lateral radiographs and the normal value of the presacral space is 15 mm in adults. Anatomical terminology in human anatomy the presacral space is inside the pelvis behind the rectum and in front of the coccyx and sacrum. The presacral space is a clinically important space that is relevant to multiple disciplines and lies at the intersection of the axial skeleton neural axis and pelvic soft tissues.
Normally it is empty or it contains a pocket of fat. The presacral space is the area between the rectum and lowest part of your the spine which is called the sacrum. Anatomical terminology in human anatomy the presacral space is inside the pelvis behind the rectum and in front of the coccyx and sacrum.
The presacral space is inside the pelvis behind the rectum and in front of the coccyx and sacrum. The presacral space is located between the rectum and the sacrococcygeal part of the spine. Entry into the presacral space may be achieved by pulling the rectosigmoid to the left side of the pelvis and incising the peritoneum vertically just to the right side of the sigmoid peritoneal attachment to the posterior pelvis fig.
Normally it is empty or it contains a pocket of fat. The presacral space is a retroperitoneal area which is between the presacral fascia of the sacrum waldeyer s fascia and parietal peritoneum of the posterior abdominal wall. Normally it is empty or it contains a pocket of fat.
Most of the developmental cystic lesions of the presacral space exhibit homogeneous signal intensity on mr imaging. It is usually covered by sigmoid colon.