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A case of empyema necessitans in a paediatric patient with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2023Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pneumonia in which pus formed in the pleural cavity extends into the surrounding tissue. In children it is mostly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but other bacterial organisms are implicated ...
A. Asante +4 more
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PET Appearance of Tuberculous Empyema Necessitans
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2011Abstract: A 28-year-old man with no medical history presented with right-sided swelling of the chest. Findings from the CT scan revealed multiple subcutaneous cystic masses and cavitary lung lesions. FDG PET imaging demonstrated hypermetabolic cavitary lung lesions and cyst walls with no central uptake.
R. Edward Coleman +3 more
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Empyema Necessitans Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasound
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pleural empyema characterized by the dissection of pus through the soft tissues of the chest wall and eventually through the skin. The skin manifestation may appear as a superficial abscess.A 63-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of dyspnea, dry cough, and a ...
Daniel Elyashiv +2 more
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Empyema necessitans – An unusual cause of necrotising fasciitis of the breast
Tropical Doctor, 2021Necrotising fasciitis is a dreaded aggressive soft tissue infection that can cause extensive tissue necrosis. It may arise in the breast where its diagnosis may not readily be evoked.
Sriram Deivasigamani +3 more
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Empyema necessitans in a six-month-old girl
Paediatrics and International Child Health, 2018Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of acute bacterial pneumonia, especially in children. It is a complication of empyema characterised by the extension of pus from the pleural cavity into the thoracic wall to form a mass of purulent fluid in the adjacent soft tissue.
Goussard, Pierre +3 more
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Unusual presentation of empyema necessitans: case report and review of the literature
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021Empyema necessitans is characterized by the extension of a pleural empyema into adjacent structures beyond the pleural space. Although rare, it adds significant complications to patients already suffering from pleural empyema. Standard of surgical care has yet to be characterized or described in the literature.
Colin G. White-Dzuro +3 more
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EMPYEMA NECESSITANS WITH BREAST ABCSESS: A CASE REPORT
International journal of scientific researchIntroduction- Empyema necessitans is the spread of pus from pleural cavity to surrounding structure. Here we describe a case of Empyema necessitans that was spreading to the breast and causing a dilemma to think it as an isolated breast lump suspecting ...
Vikas Sachdeva +3 more
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Empyema Necessitans in the Setting of Pneumonia and Parapneumonic Effusion
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2007Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pleural space infections and occurs when the infected fluid dissects spontaneously into the chest wall from the pleural space. This process may result from bronchopleural extension of a peripheral lung infection.
Ria E. Gripaldo +2 more
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2020
Abstract: Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of a pleural effusion that occurs when infected fluid dissects into the chest wall from the pleural space. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomyces israelii have previously been the most commonly reported etiologic agents. This case presents an empyema necessitans secondary to methicillin-resistant
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Abstract: Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of a pleural effusion that occurs when infected fluid dissects into the chest wall from the pleural space. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomyces israelii have previously been the most commonly reported etiologic agents. This case presents an empyema necessitans secondary to methicillin-resistant
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MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS EMPYEMA NECESSITANS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Chest, 2023Melanie Krongold
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