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CT scan of the patient before treatment. The imaging shows a huge number of cysts occupying the entire peritoneal cavity with free fluid around the liver and spleen. The narrow arrows indicate free fluid, while the wide arrows indicate abdominal cysts.
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CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis (Figure 1) before treatment shows a large number of multi-sized cysts filling the cavity of the peritoneum in the pelvis in front and behind the uterus reaching the left and right hypochondriac regions with free fluid especially in the area surrounding the liver.
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis after treatment. Images indicate very good improvement with no ascites and only two small cysts present in the abdomen. The yellow arrows indicate pelvic cysts.
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Contrast-enhanced CT images after six months of treatment showed a major decrease in the number of cysts, with only two cysts remaining in front of the psoas muscle, which measured 28 and 20 mm in diameter (Figure 2); the remaining abdominal and pelvic cavity was totally free from cysts with complete absence of the free fluid.