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This combination of images from a CTscan of the abdomen are of a middle aged man who presented with back pain and fever, with a remote history of AAA repair. The lateral scout film shows scalloping of vertebral bodies 2 and 3 (a) highlighted in green overlay in b. The CTscan with soft tissue windows (c) and bone windows (d) show a complex fluid collection surrounding the aorta which proved to be a perigraft infection. . 22725c02 code CVS artery aorta abdomen abscess AA repair infection bone vertebra lumbar anterior scalloping
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CVS artery aorta abdomen abscess AA repair infection bone vertebra lumbar anterior scalloping
RING ABSCESS
This gray scale echo of the heart shows the left ventricle, anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral valve, the aortic valve and the base of the aorta. There is a rounded echogenic focus on the aortic valve ring. In the setting of a febrile illness this represents a ring abscess complicating bacterial endocarditis. Courtesy Philips Medical Systems 33133 code cardiac heart echo MV aortic valve, echogenic, accumulation SBE ring abscess infection imaging cardiac echo
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cardiac heart echo MV aortic valve echogenic accumulation SBE ring abscess infection imaging cardiac echo