Presentation
Cough and dyspnea.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Chronic pleural empyema
{"current_user":null,"step_through_annotations":true,"access":{"can_edit":false,"can_download":true,"can_toggle_annotations":true,"can_feature":false,"can_pin":false},"extraPropsURL":"/studies/129456/annotated_viewer_json?iframe=true\u0026lang=us"}
A thick rind of pleura is seen in the right hemithorax, with thick and irregular calcification of both visceral and parietal pleura associated with extrapleural fat proliferation and crowding of ribs suggestive of volume loss in the right hemithorax.
The right lung shows multiple fine linear atelectatic bands.
Evidence of sternotomy.
Elevated left diaphragmatic copula with left basal subsegmental atelectasis.
No detected significant mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
Case Discussion
CT findings are in keeping with calcified chronic empyema.