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A 35-year-old woman presented for investigation of recurrent abdominal and pelvic pain. This is a single slice of a computed tomography scan through her pelvis.

Key
(1) Pubic bone
(2) Retropubic fat
(3) Base of bladder
(4) Vagina with tampon in situ
(5) Air in rectum

Leon Slonim
Radiologist
East St Kilda, VIC

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