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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone.
Katrine Fjaellegaard, Jesper Koefod Petersen, Inger Merete Stamp, Asbjorn Hoegholm, Paul Frost Clementsen, Uffe Bodtger   +5 more
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Use of tunneled pleural catheters in chronic empyema: Two case reports and brief review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022
The incidence of empyema is increasing worldwide, which, coupled with the aging global population, makes the non-surgical management of pleural space infections increasingly important.
Ilana Roberts Krumm, Yaron B. Gesthalter
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Imaging Findings in Pleural Empyema: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Imaging, 2021
Computed tomography (CT) diagnosis of empyema is challenging because current literature features multiple overlapping pleural findings. We aimed to identify informative findings for structured reporting.
Desiree Zettinig, Tugba Akinci D'Antonoli, A. Wilder-Smith, J. Bremerich, Jan A. Roth, Raphael Sexauer   +5 more
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Etiology of parapneumonic effusion and pleural empyema in children. The role of conventional and molecular microbiological tests.

Respiratory Medicine, 2016
K. Krenke, E. Sadowy, E. Podsiadły, W. Hryniewicz, U. Demkow, M. Kulus   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Rare Case of Fusobacterium necrophorum Bacteremia and Pleural Empyema Originating from a Burn Ulcer in a 16-Year-Old Female Patient. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep
Yatomi M, Hashimoto C, Kouno S, Hoshino Y, Yoshida Y, Hara K, Uno S, Masubuchi H, Miura Y, Tsurumaki H, Koga Y, Sunaga N, Hisada T, Maeno T.   +13 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Pleural empyema secondary to nephropleural fistula in complicated pyonephrosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pleural empyema of extra pulmonary origin is uncommon and empyema secondary to a fistula between the urinary tract and thorax is extremely rare. We report a case of nephropleural fistula causing massive pleural empyema in a 64-year-old woman with a long ...
Stefania Tamburrini, MD, Marina Lugarà, MD, Pietro Paolo Saturnino, MD, Giovanni Ferrandino, MD, Pasquale Quassone, MD, Silvio Leboffe, MD, Giuseppe Sarti, MD, Concetta Rocco, MD, Claudio Panico, MD, Francesco Raffaele, MD, Teresa Cesarano, MD, Michele Iannuzzi, MD, Lucio Cagini, MD, Ines Marano, MD   +13 more
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Management of patient with Fusobacterim nucletum related pleural empyema: intrapleural antibiotic therapy can be considered for salvage therapy. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Wang J, Li J, Sun Z, Zhang S, Ma L, Liu X, Yang X, Ai J, YuanSong, Sun L, Li X, He T, Xiao Y, Gao H, Yuan F.   +14 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Intrapleural injection of urokinase in the treatment of acute Haemophilus influenza empyema in children: A case report and literature review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical data of a child with acute empyema caused by Haemophilus influenzae, and to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of this disease through literature review to improve the clinical ...
Lin Yang, YaFei Zhu, GuangSheng Wu
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Changes in the incidence and bacterial aetiology of paediatric parapneumonic pleural effusions/empyema in Germany, 2010–2017: a nationwide surveillance study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2019
J. Liese, C. Schoen, M. Linden, L. Lehmann, D. Goettler, S. Keller, A. Maier, Florian Segerer, M. Rose, A. Streng   +9 more
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Performance of TB-LAMP in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Empyema Using Samples Obtained From Pleural Decortication

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeTo evaluate the performance of TB-LAMP in the diagnosis of TB empyema using pleural tissue specimens obtained during pleural decortication.MethodsUsing the clinical records and the different diagnostic test results of patients who underwent ...
Chang Liu, Lichao Fan, Jiansong Zhang, Qi Hong, Yi Ren, Huaiyu Tian, Yu Chen   +6 more
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