NDLI: Empyema necessitans: very late complication of pulmonary tuberculosis

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Gomes, Manuel Mendes Alves, Márcia Correia, José Bernardes Santos, Lèlita
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Empyema necessitans is a rare clinical finding nowadays. We report the case of a patient admitted in our ward for investigation of an unknown onset anterior chest wall mass, with no accompanying signs or symptoms. It is noteworthy that the patient had had pulmonary tuberculosis submitted to thoracoplasty more than 60 years before. Thoracic MRI showed a large heterogeneous mass, with a thick wall and internal septations located at the right anterior chest wall, as well as a heterogeneous content inside the right pleural cavity, with direct communication between both. An aspirative puncture of both masses was performed, with positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, thus leading to the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis with anterior chest wall empyema necessitans. A drain was inserted and antibiotics started. This case draws our attention to a very rare complication of pulmonary tuberculosis and its surgical treatment, though it aroused many decades after primary infection.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-202072
Starting Page	2013202072
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1757790X
e-ISSN	1757790X
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume Number	2013
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2013-12-10
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	BMJ Publishing Group
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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