Perirectal tissue

Stage II disease involves tumor invasion through the muscularis propria into the subserosa, or into the nonperitonealized pericolic or perirectal tissues (T3) or directly invading other organs or structures and/or perforates the visceral peritoneum (T4) and negative lymph nodes. 

To Tumor invades through the muscularis propria into the subserosa, or into nonperitonealized pericolic or perirectal tissues... 

Fig. 1.3a-c. Perirectal tissue (asterisks), a Axial section (5 mm) of an adult female. xO.45. b Axial MR image of an adult female. c Axial section (400 [xm) of a 24-week old female fetus. X5. nvp, nerve vessel plate r, rectum... 

Our option Outer connective tissue lamella of the rectal adventitia, bordering the perirectal compartment... 

What is situated outside the rectal fascia and therefore outside the perirectal subcompartment Dorsally, the presacral subcompartment is loosely attached to the perirectal compartment (see above). Laterally the supplying structures (autonomic nerves and branches of the iliac vessels) of the urogenital organs constitute a nerve-vessel plate (Fig. 1.3c). The latter is accompanied by connective tissue and fills the remaining space between the perirectal compartment... 

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