Figure 3.

Flow of peritoneal fluid. (a) Coronal and (b) sagittal pictorial diagram showing flow of peritoneal fluid (blue arrows) in relation to peritoneal spaces, ligaments, omenta and mesenteries. A, perihepatic and subdiaphragmatic flow; B, flow over the greater omentum; C, flow along the paracolic gutters; D, peritoneal fluid lying within the most dependent peritoneal space (pouch of Douglas); E, flow around gut serosa; F, communication with lesser sac. (Adapted from Amin Z, Reznek RH. Peritoneal metastases. In: Husband JE, Reznek RH, editors. Imaging in oncology. 3rd ed. Informa Healthcare; 2009. p. 1094–114; with permission.)