A 38-year-old woman is seen in the Emergency Department 48 hours after uterine artery embolization for a large fibroid. She has a body temperature of 39 °C, leukocytosis and a large abdominal mass with tenderness.
What are the findings on the plain film (Fig. 1), ultrasonography (Fig. 2) and computed tomography (Fig. 3)?
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