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Abdominal computed tomography scan with intravenous contrast, portal phase, showing a hypodense and septated lesion in the hepatic segment V with peripheral enhancement.
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The contrast-enhanced abdominal and pelvic computed tomography scan (CT scan) showed a hypodense and septated lesion in the hepatic segment V with peripheral enhancement, consistent with a liver abscess and with an estimated volume of 60 ml (Figure 1).
A -The intraoperative moment after laparoscopic removal of the foreign body; B - Frontal and lateral view of the foreign body (rosemary twig).
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After the release of adhesions, the abscess was drained - a thin and elongated foreign body of approximately 4.1 cm, resembling a rosemary twig (Figure 2), was found and removed from inside the liver abscess cavity (liver segment V).