Intraperitoneal tuberculous abscess: Computed tomography features

Figure 1 Tuberculous abscess in the mesentery. A: Axial CT image showed a low density abscess measuring 4.5 cm × 6.2 cm in the small bowel mesentery (arrow); B: Axial CT image (venous phase) showing a low density abscess with enhancement of the wall and septa (arrow). Adjacent parietal peritoneum was thickened with heterogeneous enhancement (arrowhead); C: Coronal CT image showed that the abscess was irregular. The density of the mesentery was increasing. Crowded mesenteric vascular bundles and thickened fiber strands were seen (arrow); D: Sagittal CT image showed a low density abscess with rim enhancement and slightly enlarged lymph nodes (arrow). CT: Computed tomography.