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Hypermetabolic Right-sided Abdominal Abscess 64 year-old Man.
A, B Axial and C, D coronal PET and CT images from an 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrates a hypermetabolic fluid collection with peripheral uptake and central photopenia in the right abdomen (arrows). The patient had recent colonoscopy and biopsy of a polyp at the cecum with suspicion for perforation after the procedure. The abscess required to surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment.
