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A rare case of bacterial translocation from a renal abscess resulting in empyema necessitans: a case report and literature review [PDF]

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Bobila M, Hussain WA, Ahmadi N, Crisafulli G, Trivedi A, Tak V.   +5 more
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Empyema necessitans secondary to tuberculosis: a case report [PDF]

, 2022
Empyema necessitans (EN) is a sporadic disease in the 21st century. It is a condition where the empyema has diffused and is loculated in the extrapleural space. It is usually caused by Tuberculosis (TB) infection or immunocompromised condition.
Wan Mokhter, Wan Mokhzani, Jasmani, Asraf Haslam, Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi, Kumar, Anil   +3 more
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Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report

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, Abdulrahman F. Al‐Mashdali, Yasser Eldeeb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case of empyema necessitans in a paediatric patient with Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2023
Empyema 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 ...
Gie , A, Rabie , H, Frigati , L, Goussard, P, Asante , A   +4 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.
B, Lorenzati, A, Landi, L, Scaglione, E, Rolfo, R, Cristofori   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Protracted tuberculous empyema necessitans following intercostal drainage tube insertion [PDF]

, 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.
Kohli, Saksham, Agrohi, Daksh, Agrohi, Jhalak, G. K., Adarsha   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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, Manjunath Poojaramuddanahalli, Natarajan Rajagopalan, Karthik Gadabanahalli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A case of broncho-cutaneous fistula secondary to tuberculosis successfully managed with awake veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
A broncho-cutaneous fistula (BCF) is a communicating tract between the bronchus and the cutaneous surface of the thoracic wall and can be the primary presenting sign of several disease processes. It has been associated with positive pressure ventilation (
Genex Correa, Daniel Taylor, Dominik Vogel, Duncan Wyncoll   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Deepak Kumar Swain, Pravati Dutta, Rama Chandra Sethy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Empyema Necessitans Involving the Ribs and Vertebra-A Rare occurrence [PDF]

International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2019
The extension of pleural infection into the chest wall and neighbouring structures is called Empyema Necessitans (EN). We are reporting a rare case of 45-year-old female presenting with chest pain and history of tubercular pleural effusion evaluated ...
Javaji Raviprasad, Harsha Umesh, Anil Kumar Shukla   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source