CT findings in post-operative subphrenic abscess with teratomatous inclusions

Br J Radiol. 2000 May;73(869):542-3. doi: 10.1259/bjr.73.869.10884752.

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain after tubal sterilization. CT showed a subphrenic abscess with fatty inclusions owing to laceration or rupture of a mature ovarian teratoma. Although subphrenic abscess is a well recognized post-operative complication, and ovarian teratomas are frequent, a teratomatous inclusion within a subphrenic abscess is a unique finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sterilization, Tubal*
  • Subphrenic Abscess / complications
  • Subphrenic Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Teratoma / complications
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed