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RADIOLOGY: GASTROINTESTINAL: GI: Case# 33072: ?OMENTAL FAT NECROSIS & APPENDIX MUCOCELE; S/P TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY. Patient is a 61 year old male with abdominal pain and a palpable mass. 1. No evidence for appendicitis. 2. Irregular predominantly fat attenuation lesions are seen orienting in a longitudinal direction along the anterior abdominal wall (adjacent to the anterior peritoneum) with relatively high attenuation borders probably representing fat necrosis or inflamatory process of the omentum rather than a neoplasm. 3. Small left pleural effusion with left lower lobe atelectasis. 4. A hiatal hernia is present. 5. Fatty infiltration within the liver with an area of more focal fat infiltration at the porta hepatis.

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Peter Anderson

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Thursday 1 August 2013

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gastrointestinal, radiology

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