Fig. 3From: Computed tomography imaging of septic shock. Beyond the cause: the “CT hypoperfusion complex”. A pictorial essayContrast-enhanced CT in the portal venous phase, in the axial plane, showing a 44-year-old female with sepsis (qSOFA 2) due to cholangitis with liver abscesses (a, arrowheads). The CT revealed the reduced calliper of the abdominal aorta (b, arrow), compared with the normal calliper of the abdominal aorta in a previous examination from the same patient (c)Back to article page