We report a case of recurrent intra-abdominal abscesses as a postoperative complication following diverticular perforation in which Streptococcus milleri (SM) was isolated. SM is evaluated here as a potent pyogenic organism commonly associated with intra-abdominal abscess especially in the postoperative setting. With the commonly adopted conservative management, the challenges of recurrence and...

Renal abscess, the accumulation of infected fluid in kidney, is a rare condition seen children as well adults. It leads to long term hospital admission and antibiotic use. Early diagnosis an important factor outcome renal abscess because management may differ. Urinalysis test results radiologic imaging findings patients who are admitted with complaints fever, vomiting, abdominal pain or flank f...

Pancreatic abscess typically occurs 4 weeks after acute pancreatitis begins and is defined as an infection of the pancreatic pseudocyst. There are other causes which include but not limited to iatrogenic intra-abdominal procedures, chronic pancreatitis, sending from distant sites. These abscesses collections pus that within region pancreas. also necrosis seen among these abscesses. Here a repor...

Retroperitoneal abscess is a rare condition which is difficult to diagnose and treat because of its insidious onset. Herein, we present a case of retroperitoneal abscess secondary to a perforation that occurred during an ERCP. A 54-year-old female patient was admitted to an outside hospital with gallstone pancreatitis and underwent ERCP with sphincterotomy followed by laparoscopic cholecystecto...

Splenic abscess is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening disease. Recent advances in radiology have affected the diagnosis and management of this disease entity. The purpose of this study was to review our experience in managing these patients. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 51 patients with splenic abscess as seen in a tertiary medical center between 1998 and 2003. W...

Abdominal and pelvic abscesses occur in approximately 10-30% of Crohn's disease patients during the course of the disease; most of these abscesses have an enteric communication. For this condition, percutaneous abscess drainage (PAD) rather than emergency surgery has recently been recognized as a valuable procedure for initial treatment. However, in cases wherein the abscess is accompanied by a...

BACKGROUND Richter's obturator hernia is a rare abdominal hernia that is difficult to diagnose. The purpose of this case report is to show an unusual presentation of a fatal Richter's obturator hernia that was accompanied by a femoral abscess. CASE REPORT An 89-year-old woman complained of sudden left coxalgia and a gait disorder but no abdominal symptoms. She had no history of trauma or surger...

A 73-year-old man underwent emergency endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair (EVAR) for a ruptured infected abdominal aortic aneurysm. Two years after EVAR, he was admitted with a spiking fever and left lower back pain. Computed tomography scan revealed not only recurrent graft infection with psoas abscess but also infection around the orifice of the superior mesenteric artery. Because conserva...

Intra-abdominal abscesses arise from complications of surgery and disease. Computed tomography (CT) facilitates abscess drainage procedures while reducing the risks and costs associated with surgery. These procedures require collaboration to ensure positive patient outcomes. To perform their role in CT-guided intra-abdominal abscess drainage, radiologic technologists must understand patient car...

A 65-year-old Japanese woman was presented with a 2-day history of fever. The patient had undergone a surgery for uterine myoma 20 years prior. Drug history was unremarkable except for acetaminophen use. On admission, her temperature was 39.9 C; she had tachycardia (117 beats/min) and no abdominal pain. A contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography revealed multiple multiloculated low-densi...