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Empyema: An Increasing Concern in Canada

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 2008
BACKGROUND: Empyema is a suppurative infection of the pleural space. Without prompt treatment, it can result in significant hospital stays, more invasive treatments as it progresses, and substantial morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate whether there has been an increasing incidence of empyema ...
Christian Finley   +3 more
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PET Appearance of Tuberculous Empyema Necessitans

Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2011
Abstract: 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.
Matthew P, Lungren   +3 more
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Empyema Necessitans Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasound

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Empyema 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 in a six-month-old girl

Paediatrics and International Child Health, 2018
Empyema 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Empyema necessitans secondary to bronchial stenting

Thorax, 2022
Carine J, Moezinia   +3 more
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Empyema necessitans, a complication of tuberculosis

2014
Clinical History: 77-year-old male Caucasian patient was admitted with left sided chest mass, first noticed 15 days before admission. At physical examination a non-tender tumefaction on the mid-axillary line of left chest wall was perceived. There was no fever, chills or c...
openaire   +1 more source

Use of fibrinolytics and deoxyribonuclease in adult patients with pleural empyema: a consensus statement

Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the, 2021
Udit Chaddha Mbbs   +2 more
exaly  

PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA EMPYEMA NECESSITANS

Chest, 2007
Timothy P. Collins   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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