False-positive gray-scale ultrasonography for intra-abdominal abscesses.
Two patients had convincing mass lesions demonstrated with gray-scale echography and strongly supporting clinical evidence for intra-abdominal abscesses. Neither patient had a lesion at the time of surgery. Although modern echography is an accurate diagnostic method for intra-abdominal abscess, false-positive results can occur.
D000005:Abdomen; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014463:Ultrasonography