Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Paracolic Abscess

A teaching case demonstrates colonic adenocarcinoma initially presenting as a paracolic abscess on imaging, emphasizing the need to consider malignancy in atypical abscesses.

• Eurorad teaching case from the European Society of Radiology.
• Illustrates imaging appearance of adenocarcinoma mimicking a paracolic abscess.
• Highlights diagnostic pitfall: not all peri-colonic fluid collections are simple abscesses.

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