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CHAPTER 14 The Peritoneum 519

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FIG. 14.30 Suppurative Peritonitis. (A) Transverse TVS of the pouch of Douglas shows particulate free luid (P). (B) Transverse TVS more

anteriorly in the pelvis shows diffuse thickening of both the parietal (arrows) and the visceral (arrowheads) peritoneum. An S-shaped small bowel

loop is seen meandering through the thickened visceral peritoneum.

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FIG. 14.31 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. (A) Oblique

transverse ultrasound image of the right upper quadrant shows

ascites with septations surrounding the right lobe of the liver

(L). (B) Sagittal and (C) transverse images of the mid/lower

abdomen show particulate luid (P) with extensive septations

(arrowheads). Bowel loops are displaced posteriorly.

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