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CT scan of the abdomen from Case 1, demonstrating a large hypodense lesion over the posterosuperior aspect of the right lobe of the liver. Within this abscess, we found a single gallstone.
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Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen revealed a hypo-dense lesion over the posterosuperior aspect of the right lobe of the liver (Figure 1).
CT scan of the chest from Case 1, revealing a loculated empyema of the pleura on the right side, which developed after transthoracic CT aspiration of the Subdiaphragmatic abscess.
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Chest X-ray and CT scan of his chest revealed a right-sided fluid collection (Figure 2).
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CT scan of the abdomen from Case 2, demonstrating an abscess over the superior surface of the right liver. Transthoracic CT aspiration could not be successfully performed as the abscess was multiloculated.
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CT scan revealed a hypodense lesion over the superior aspect of the liver (Figure 3).
Operative photograph from Case 2, demonstrates the subdiahragmatic abscess cavity with multiple gallstones seen within.
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Multiple small gallstones were found within the abscess cavity (Figure 4).