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Radiological appearance of empyema

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Chest radiography in patients with empyema has the following characteristics:

  • empyemata are generally posterior and lateral, above the diaphragm
  • initially the radiographic appearance is identical to that of pleural effusion
  • later the fluid may become loculated

Reference

  1. Shen KR, Bribriesco A, Crabtree T, et al. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of empyema. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;153(6):e129-46.

 

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