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Summary
Pregnancy complicated by an intra-abdominal collection is uncommon and poses a challenge in the management. We present a case that illustrates successful treatment via ultrasound-guided drainage of a collection associated with a dermoid cyst in a 30 weeks pregnant patient presenting with fever and right-sided abdominal pain. Following treatment, the patient clinically improved rapidly. The drain was removed 3 days later and a repeat ultrasound scan showed no collection.
- pregnancy
- interventional radiology
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Contributors All authors listed in this case report have made significant contribution to this work with no conflict of interest. Main roles are listed below. JP: literature review, obtaining patient consent and initial draft. HPPS: literature review, editing initial draft. TH: main supervising consultant for this project, involved in deciding patient management and editing case report. MAH: carried out interventional procedure, selected appropriate images and wrote figure captions for this case study.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.