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Clinical presentation: There is extensive amorphous calcification throughout the abdomen. It extends from pelvis, but includes a line of densities lateral and below the liver. The liver appears outlined by the calcifications. A similar 'negative' impression in the calcifications can be seen in the form and location of the caecum, transverse colon, occasional small-bowel loops and a vaguely round defect immediately above the left femoral canal that might be sigmoid colon. In the para-spinal region, there are occasional densities that resemble the position of lymph-nodes as well as transverse colon. |
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cases that might resemble this pathology
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Thorotrast (case reports) old fashioned contrast, obsolete and dangerous, put here for completeness. You should never see it, so substitute spilled barium in peritoneum. Or consider parasites like Loa-Loa. | |
| list of cases with intra-abdominal calcification |
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IDM Dec 2006