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Intraperitoneal Spread of Infections and Seeded Metastases

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A remarkable change in the epidemiology of subphrenic and subhepatic abscesses has occurred over the past several decades. In the past, the most common causes included perforations of anterior gastric or duodenal ulcers and rupture of a gangrenous appendix. Today, 60–71% of such abscesses are postoperative and are particularly frequent following gastric and biliary tract operations and colonic surgery.

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  1. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8460, USA

    Morton A. Meyers MD, FACR, FACG (Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Medicine, Distinguished University Professor)

  2. The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Chusilp Charnsangavej MD, FSIR (Professor of Radiology, Robert D. Moreton Distinguished, Chair in Diagnostic Radiology)

  3. Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1088, USA

    Michael Oliphant MD, FACR (Professor of Radiology)

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Meyers, M.A., Charnsangavej, C., Oliphant, M. (2010). Intraperitoneal Spread of Infections and Seeded Metastases. In: Meyers' Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5939-3_5

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