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| Retroperitoneal Nerves |
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| There three images
are all of retroperitoneal
nerves. On the left is a neurovascular bundle (NVB) in a thin 60
year old male. In the center is a small branch of the NVB see
within fat, which is typical for the neurovascular bundle. On the
right is an image of a sympathetic nerve (part of the sympathetic
chain), during dissection for lymph nodes during a retroperitoneal
lymph node dissection. Typically the nerve is round to oval, and there
and fairly even in brightness. In contrast, a vessel shows loss
of contrast with depth, due to the bright reflection of blood, and
appears crescent shaped. |
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