|Articles|April 25, 2023

Image IQ Quiz: Patient with Diabetes, Upper Quadrant Pain and Signs of Sepsis

Review the case study and test your knowledge to make the correct diagnosis.

Case submitted by Saeed Rad, M.D., via radRounds.

A patient with diabetes presented to the emergency department with minimal right upper quadrant pain and signs of sepsis. What does the computed tomography (CT) scan reveal?



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