Toldt's fascia

Toldt's fascia, is a discrete layer of connective tissue containing lymphatic channels.^[1] It is found between the two mesothelial layers that separate the mesocolon from the underlying retroperitoneum. It was first described by the Austrian anatomist Carl Toldt (1840–1920) as a fascial plane formed by the fusion of the visceral peritoneum with the parietal peritoneum. This was later called Toldt's fascia.^[2]

References

1. Culligan K, Walsh S, Dunne C, et al. (January 2014). "The Mesocolon: A Histological and Electron Microscopic Characterization of the Mesenteric Attachment of the Colon Prior to and After Surgical Mobilization". Annals of Surgery. 260 (6): 1048–56. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000000323. hdl:10344/4895. PMID 24441808.
2. Toldt C (1919). "Splanchology – general considerations". In Toldt C & Della Rossa A (ed.). An atlas of human anatomy for students and physicians. Vol. 4. New York: Rebman Company. p. 408.