Empyema necessitans
Diagnosis certain
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A loculated left pleural effusion with thickened surrounding pleura and gas bubble that communicates with an organized, subcutaneous chest-wall abscess collection.
The left lung is compressedatelectatic. No right-sided pleural effusion.
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Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pleural infection most frequently secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reactivation whereby empyema dissects into the chest wall.
-<p>Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pleural infection most frequently secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reactivation whereby empyema dissects into the chest wall.</p><p> </p><p> </p>- +<p><a title="Empyema necessitans" href="/articles/empyema-necessitans">Empyema necessitans</a> is a rare complication of pleural infection most frequently secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reactivation whereby empyema dissects into the chest wall.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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