The duodenorenal ligament is a fold of peritoneum that occasionally crosses from the duodenum at the termination of the hepatoduodenal ligament to the right kidney.[1] The duodenorenal ligament is an anatomic variation of the peritoneum, and is not commonly present.

Duodenorenal ligament
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FromDuodenum
Tokidney
Identifiers
Latinligamentum duodenorenale
Anatomical terminology

It is one of many factors that may hold the kidney in place when standing.[2] It was believed, at least in the 1920s, that tension in this ligament might explain how renal diseases can cause gastrointestinal symptoms.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Duodenorenal ligament". Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ Morris, Harold L. (January 1932). "The Demonstration and Significance of Nephroptosis and Urinary Stasis". Radiology. 18 (1): 56–73. doi:10.1148/18.1.56.
  3. ^ Kellogg, Edward L.; Kellogg, William A. (July 1927). "Chronic Duodenal Stasis". Radiology. 9 (1): 23–38. doi:10.1148/9.1.23.