Empyema necessitans secondary to bronchial stenting
Thorax, 2022 © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial reuse. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. A 62yearold man presented to the emergency department with a 2day history of dyspnoea and fever.
Carine J, Moezinia +3 more
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Tuberculous Empyema Necessitatis in a 40-Year-Old Immunocompetent Male
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016 Empyema necessitans (EN) is a kind of empyema that diffuses to extrapleural space and can involve chest pain. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of EN.
Farhang Babamahmoodi +3 more
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Empyema necessitans (EN) as a rare complication of tuberculosis - A case report. [PDF]
Int J Surg Case Rep, 2023 Jamil M +4 more
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Empyema necessitans caused by actinomycosis: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep, 2016 Pulmonary actinomycosis is an uncommon clinical entity that the practicing thoracic surgeon rarely encounters. Empyema necessitans represents an even less common presentation of this pathology, and the often indolent disease course leads to early misdiagnosis in many cases.
Atay S, Banki F, Floyd C.
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Causing Empyema Necessitans and Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Patient. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Empyema necessitans is a relatively rare clinical entity in which the empyema extends through the parietal pleura into the adjacent soft tissue and musculature of the chest wall. It usually occurs due to inadequate treatment of a primary lung infection.
Homsi N, Kapila R.
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall caused by empyema necessitans following tuberculosis: Case report and literature review. [PDF]
Int J Surg Case Rep, 2023 Bayileyegn N, Mengiste DT.
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Empyema necessitans due to aspergillus in a 3-year-old paediatric patient at a referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 We present a case of empyema necessitans due to aspergillus in a young child. The incidence of deep fungal mycoses in children, especially in developing countries is not known. There is paucity of data and access to diagnostics is usually limited.
Anne-Marie Macharia +5 more
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Empyema necessitans: a rare presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. [PDF]
CMAJLu-Song J, Raubenheimer M, Dhawan V.
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Subcutaneous abscess due to empyema necessitans caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis in a patient with periodontitis. [PDF]
IDCases, 2022 Tanaka A +9 more
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Empyema necessitans: very late complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2013 Empyema necessitansis a rare clinical finding nowadays. We report the case of a patient admitted in our ward for investigation of an unknown onset anterior chest wall mass, with no accompanying signs or symptoms. It is noteworthy that the patient had had pulmonary tuberculosis submitted to thoracoplasty more than 60 years before.
Gomes MM, Alves M, Correia JB, Santos L.
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