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Tajender S. Vasu*, Jasjet Saluja*, David Landsberg{dagger} and Robert Lenox{ddagger}

*Department of Medicine, {dagger}Department of Critical Care, {ddagger}Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY


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  		Fig. 1: Chest radiograph, showing air–fluid level.

 

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  		Fig. 2: CT scan of abdomen, showing large necrotic abscess.

 

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  		Fig. 3: Gastrograffin enema showing spillage of gastrograffin (small arrows) into pleura through colopleural fistula. Large arrow points to drain inserted in diverticular abscess.