Magnetic resonance imaging may be used to evaluate complications of thoracic disease, such as the extent of thoracic wall involvement with empyema, but is of limited value in the evaluation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. (medscape.com)
Effusions1
Persistent effusions and empyemas are the most common serious complications of bacterial pneumonia. (pediatriconcall.com)
Pleural3
Au total, 200 cas d'épanchement pleural ont été identifiés chez 152 hommes et 48 femmes, âgés de 45,1 ans en moyenne (E.T. 18,5). (who.int)
Posteroanterior chest radiograph in a young patient shows a right upper lobe and right lower lobe consolidation and a small pleural effusion on the right side. (medscape.com)
Empyema of the pleural cavity was recognized approximately 2400 years ago when Hippocrates made the distinction between empyema and hydrothorax. (sts.org)
He clearly understood the natural history of undrained empyemas when he wrote in a treatise on pleurisy and peripneumonia: "Patients with pleurisy who, from the beginning, have sputum of different colors or consistencies die on the third or the fifth day, or they become suppurative by the eleventh day. (sts.org)
Clinical2
If patients with primary tuberculosis undergo imaging, a conventional chest radiograph may be sufficient for diagnosis in the appropriate clinical setting. (medscape.com)
Hippocrates diagnosed empyema based on its clinical presentation. (sts.org)
Note1
Note that chest radiographic findings may be normal in as many as 15% of patients with primary pulmonary tuberculosis. (medscape.com)
Children1
This system was used mostly for children with empyema. (sts.org)
Pain1
As reported by Paget, Hippocrates opened the chest where the pain and swelling were most evident. (sts.org)
Parapneumonic effusions and empyema4
[ 6 ] In industrialized countries, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most common pathogen that causes parapneumonic effusions and empyema in children. (medscape.com)
16. Update on the role of intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy in the management of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema. (nih.gov)
18. Intrapleural urokinase versus normal saline in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema. (nih.gov)
Pleural effusion4
Upright chest radiograph in a 3-year-old child with dyspnea and fever obtained 1 day before the development of the pleural effusion reveals pneumonia on the left side. (medscape.com)
Posteroanterior view in a patient with reaccumulated pleural effusion in the left side of the chest. (medscape.com)
In another North American report of 210 children admitted with pleural effusion, Hardie et al showed that 68% of the effusions were parapneumonic (50 of 143 associated with empyema), 11% were caused by congenital heart disease, 5% were caused by malignancy, and 3% were associated with other causes. (medscape.com)
17. Parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema. (nih.gov)
Infection2
The etiologic mechanisms involved in the formation of most pleural effusions include pleural space infection (empyema), abnormal capillary permeability (exudates), increased hydrostatic or decreased oncotic pressure in the setting of normal capillaries (transudates), abnormal lymphatic clearance (exudates), and blood in the pleural space (hemothorax). (medscape.com)
2. Intrapleural fibrinolytics combined with image-guided chest tube drainage for pleural infection. (nih.gov)