Annual oration. Detection of abdominal abscesses: a combined approach employing ultrasonography, computed tomography and gallium-67 scanning.

The identification and localization of intraabdominal abscesses is both an important and challenging task for the radiologist. Fortunately, three non-invasive imaging techniques are available which when used appropriately can virtually assure detection of an abscess. Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of each modality will often indicate the most propitious sequence of investigations in the individual patients.