title: Radiologic aspects of diagnosis and treatment of abdominal abscesses.
abstract: The precise anatomic display by computed tomography and ultrasonography provides the guidance to make diagnostic needle aspiration a safe routine procedure. Percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses now offers an alternative to surgery and has already become a well-established radiologic procedure in many centers.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography