Intra-abdominal abscess demonstrating an unusually large intra-abdominal pattern on an indium-111 leukocyte scan.
Indium-111 WBC imaging of a patient with occult septicemia revealed a large focal pattern of radiopharmaceutical distribution within the abdominal cavity at 24 hours post radiopharmaceutical administration. This finding was felt to represent a large intra-abdominal abscess. A five liter peritoneal abscess was found at surgery. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of an intra-abdominal abscess.
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University of Cincinnati Medical Center, E.L. Saenger Radioisotope Laboratory, Department of Radiology, OH 45267-0577.
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Yellin
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes