Structure/Morphology
The pararenal fat body is a variable collection of adipose tissue that sits between the posterior surface of the kidney and the posterior abdominal wall. The pararenal fat body has a white adipose tissue, unlike the brown adipose tissue seen in the perirenal fat capsule (Fang et al., 2020).
Related parts of the anatomy
Anatomical Relations
The pararenal fat body is located between the posterior layer of renal fascia and the endoabdominal fascia on the posterior abdominal wall. It occupies the posterior renal space. Laterally, it is continuous with the extraperitoneal fat on the anterolateral abdominal wall. Inferiorly, it is continuous with the fat overlying the pelvic wall and the perivesical fat.
References
Fang, Y., Xu, Y., Yang, Y., Liu, C., Zhao, D. and Ke, J. (2020) 'The Relationship between Perirenal Fat Thickness and Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes', Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020, pp. 6076145.
