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case_images: A - Large abdominal mass distorting the contour of the abdomen. B - Preoperative view.
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case_images: Clinical examination revealed a patient in good general health, afebrile, slightly pale, with a large, non-tender, mobile, non-inflammatory mass in the right flank (Fig. 1).
case_images: Pott's disease with lysis of both L1-L2 vertebral bodies (arrows).
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case_images: Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed spondylodiscitis involving the L1-L2 vertebrae (Fig. 2), along with bilateral psoas abscesses and multiple retroperitoneal collections, the largest measuring 180 mm x 150 mm, suggestive of Pott's disease.
case_images: Images showing bilateral psoas abscesses and a very large retroperitoneal collection.
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case_images: There were no signs of ureteral obstruction. (Fig. 3).
case_images: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating DNA with no evidence of the rifampicin resistance gene.
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case_images: Real-time PCR analysis confirmed the presence of *Mycobacterium tuberculosis* DNA (Fig. 4).