title: Intra-abdominal abscess demonstrating an unusually large intra-abdominal pattern on an indium-111 leukocyte scan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, E.L. Saenger Radioisotope Laboratory, Department of Radiology, OH 45267-0577.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Ulloa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: ter Penning
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yellin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes