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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems: Mesenteries and Omenta

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems: Digestive System and Spleen

Mesenteries and Omenta

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


A common mesentery for the jejunum, ileum, ascending colon, and any part or all of the transverse colon has been reported.

The greater omentum may be defective with consequent continuity between the abdominal cavity and omental bursa.


References

Armstrong, G.E. (1921-22) Deficiency of the mesentery over the lower ileum. Brit. J. Surg. 9:287-289.

Barth, -. (1851) Étranglement intestinal occasionné par une bride epiploïque. Bulletins et Mem. de la Société Anatomique de Paris XXVI(7):232-233.

Deville, -. (1851) Disposition anormale du péritoine. Bulletins et Mem. de la Société Anatomique de Paris XXVI(1):15-22.

Féré, Ch. (1878) Persistance de canal de Nück. Bulletins et Mem. de la Société Anatomique de Paris LIII(1):58-59.

Gruber, W. (1864) Weitere Beiträge zu den Bildungshemmungen der Mesenterien. Arch. Anat. Physiol. Wissen Med. 1864:478-490.

Gruber, W. (1879) Mesenterium commune für das Colon ascendens und Jejuno-ileum. Arch. Pathol. Anat. Physiol. Klin. Med. 77:132-133.

Hoffmann, K. (1935-36) über eine Spaltbildung im grossen Netz, verbunden mit Mesentarium commune und Hernia inguinalis. Anat. Anz. 81:51-55.

Labbok, A.J. (1933) Partielle retroperitoneale Lage des Magens, der Milz und des linken Leberlappens mit einer Hypoplasie der Mesenterien und mit Fehlen der grossen und kleinen Omentum. Anat. Anz. 76:409-415.

Leudet, -. (1853) Bride epiploïque. Bulletins et Mem. de la Société Anatomique de Paris XXVIII(8):247.

Moutard-Martin, -. (1870) Anomalie du péritome. Bulletins et Mem. de la Société Anatomique de Paris XLV(2):132-135.

Tondury, G. (1947) Mesenterium commune. Schweitzerische Med. Wochenschrift 77:1127-1129. Cited in Excerpta Medica, Sec. 1, Vol. 2, abstract 1409, pp492-493, 1948.

Treves, F. (1885) Anatomy of the intestinal canal and peritoneum in man. Brit. Med. J. i:470-474.

Villar, F. (1906) Disposition anormale du péritoine pariétal. Diaphragme péritonéal divisant en deux loges la grande cavité abdominale. Assoc. Anatomistes Comptes Rendus 8:56-58.

Waugh, G.E. (1927-28) Congenital malformations of the mesentery: A clinical entity. Brit. J. Surg. 15:438-449.

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