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TREITZ'S ARCH

A sickle-shaped fold of peritoneum sometimes found arching between the left side of the duodenojejunal flexure and the medial border of the left kidney; its right free edge contains the ascending branch of the left colic artery and inferior mesenteric vein; forms anterior boundary of the paraduodenal recess. See: paraduodenal recess. Synonym: plica paraduodenalis, Treitz's arch.
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