case_images: PMC2629468_01
case_images: Computed tomographic image of the loculated effusion and the thickened splenic flexure.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The CT showed a loculated pleural effusion consistent with an empyema plus thickening of the pleura and diaphragm as well as an abnormal thickened splenic flexure adjacent to the diaphragm (Figure 1).
case_images: Photograph of the diaphragmatic defect.
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case_images: F2
case_images: A small perforation of the diaphragm was also found and it was established that the abscess cavity was extending through the diaphragmatic defect (Figure 2).
case_images: Photographic evidence of the resected specimen with attached spleen.
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case_images: F3
case_images: The tumour, along with the adherent spleen was removed (Figure 3) and a transverse colostomy and distal mucus fistula were fashioned.