GI Teaching File

 


Retroperitoneal Abscess

On the abdominal plain film, mottled gas to the left of the spine is seen and resembles that of gas and feces in the transverse colon. CT through the same region shows a large gas collection in the lesser sac with fluid laterally, compatible with retroperitoneal abscess.


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