Bare area abscess: imaging findings and potential communication with the mediastinum.
The bare area of the liver is not usually visualized by standard cross-sectional imaging techniques except in patients with ascites or subphrenic collections where this area is spared of fluid. We present a case of an abscess in the bare area of the liver with imaging findings and demonstration of a communication with the mediastinum, not previously described.
Domjan
J M
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Department of Clinical Radiology, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Tung
K T
KT
Johnson
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed