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Fever with chills and pleuritic chest pain since a week.
Patient Data
Age: 26 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Thoracic empyema (encysted)
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There is a mult loculated thick walled peripherally enhancing pleura based low attenuation collection noted in the left pleural space posteriorly with thickening of pleura and overlying intercostal soft tissue and erosion of adjacent posterior shaft of 5th rib.