Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state. [PDF]
Ann Med Surg (Lond), 2022 Dirie AMH +3 more
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022 Pulmonary actinomycosis should be considered in the differential diagnoses of chronic infectious lung disease. Chronic productive cough with lung infiltrates on imaging might be the only manifestation of this condition. Abstract Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial disease caused by Actinomyces species.
Musaed Alsamawi +2 more
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Empyema thoracic necessitans mimicking a tuberculoma [PDF]
QJM, 2014 An 86-year-old man presented with fever and a mass along the axillary line (Figure 1A). His medical history was silent except for a non well-defined pleural disease 60 years before. Figure 1. ( A ) Mass along axillary line. ( B ) Empyema thoracic necessitans at the CT scan imagine.
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Protracted tuberculous empyema necessitans following intercostal drainage tube insertion
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2023 Empyema necessitans (EN) is a rare long-term sequela of poorly or untreated empyema thoracis, characterized by the dissection of pus through the soft tissues and skin of the chest wall, ultimately forming a fistula between skin and pleural cavity.
Saksham Kohli +3 more
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Microbial Aetiology and Clinical Course of Pleural Space Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital- A Cohort Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Infection of pleural space that arises due to complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema is a common worldwide problem that is known since very ancient times.
Sonali Das +3 more
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Isolated empyema necessitans in a renal transplant recipient: A case report
Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2016 Empyema necessitans is a rare sequel of untreated pleural space infection and is most commonly secondary to tuberculosis. Isolated tuberculous empyema necessitans in a renal transplant recipient is extremely rare.
Anand Chellappan +6 more
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Spontaneous Chest Wall Interstitial Emphysema Secondary to Chronic Empyema Thoracis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Spontaneous extension of air from the pleural space to the chest wall, also referred to as pneumothorax necessitans (PN), is a rare occurrence. Few of such cases have been reported in the literature, some appear to have a pattern of extension from ...
Venkatraman S Bhat +3 more
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Empyema necessitans and disseminated tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adult patient: a case report
Horizonte Médico, 2017 Disseminated tuberculosis is a rare condition in immunocompetent hosts. It results from lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during both primary and postprimary tuberculosis.
Alejandra Bendezú Chacaltana
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Primary Multidrug-Resistant Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as Empyema Necessitans in an Immuno-competent Young Girl [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Empyema Necessitans (EN) is a variant of empyema that extends to extrapleural space and can affect chest wall too. Although, tuberculosis is the most common cause of EN, primary multidrug resistant TB presenting as EN is rare.
Jyoti Bajpai +2 more
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IDCases, 2022 Empyema necessitans is a rare empyema complication characterized by an extension of empyema out of the pleural space into the subcutaneous tissues of the chest wall.
Akane Tanaka +9 more
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