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CT image of abdomen shows hypodense area (arrow) in the left iliopsoas muscle.
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Evaluation with abdominal CT demonstrated a left IPA (Figure 1) without any other pathological findings in the right arm, chest, or abdomen.
CT image shows a 12-F pig tail drainage catheter (arrowhead) inserted into the left iliopsoas abscess.
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CT-guided drainage of the abscess was performed on day 53, once the clinical condition of the patient stabilized (Figure 2).
CT image shows no iliopsoas abscess in the left iliopsoas muscle (arrow).
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The drainage tube was removed 2 weeks after the procedure when follow-up abdominal CT confirmed significant shrinkage of the IPA (Figure 3).