Rectoprostatic fascia

Rectoprostatic fascia
Rectoprostatic fascia
Latin	fascia rectoprostatica

The rectoprostatic fascia is a membranous partition at the lowest part of the rectovesical pouch. It separates the prostate and urinary bladder from the rectum.^[1] It consists of a single fibromuscular structure with several layers that are fused together and covering the seminal vesicles. It is also called Denonvilliers' fascia after French anatomist and surgeon Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers.^[2]

The structure corresponds to the rectovaginal fascia in the female. In post-operative transsexual women, the vaginal cavity is created along it.^[3] The retroprostatic fascia also inhibits the posterior spread of prostatic adenocarcinoma; therefore invasion of the rectum is less common than is invasion of other contiguous structures.

References

1. ^ "Dorland's Medical Dictionary". http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_f_03zPzhtm#13590047. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
2. ^ Denonvilliers' fascia at Who Named It?
3. ^ [1]

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