92-year-old woman with a hepatic caudal lobe abscess penetrating into the IVC
FINDINGS: Axial NECT demonstrates hypo-attenuation similar to water density within the IVC (A arrow). Axial CECT shows a filling defect in the venous phase (B dashed arrow).
TECHNIQUE: Axial NECT. TOSHIBA Aquilion 16-slices CT scanner at 171 mAs, 120 kV, and 5 mm slice (A). Axial CECT. TOSHIBA Aquilion 16-slices CT scanner at 172 mAs, 120 kV, and 5 mm slice thickness after intravenous administration of 100 mL Iopamidol (Iopamidol) 300 mg iodine/mL (B).