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==Overview==
==Overview==
Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.<ref name="pmid8680381" /> Lateral view is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503" /> Chest X ray of empyema shows air-fluid level with continuous homogenous pattern from the mediastinum to the chest wall forming and obtuse angle with the lung parenchyma.


==Chest X Ray==
==Chest X Ray==
Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.<ref name="pmid8680381">{{cite journal| author=Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M| title=Imaging of pleural diseases. | journal=Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | year= 1996 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 138-44 | pmid=8680381 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8680381  }} </ref> Lateral is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503  }} </ref>
Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.<ref name="pmid8680381">{{cite journal| author=Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M| title=Imaging of pleural diseases. | journal=Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | year= 1996 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 138-44 | pmid=8680381 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8680381  }} </ref> Lateral view is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503  }} </ref>


Chest X ray of empyema shows air-fluid level continuos homogenous pattern from the mediastinum to the chest wall forming and obtuse angle with the lung parenchyma.
Chest X ray of empyema shows air-fluid level with continuous homogenous pattern from the mediastinum to the chest wall forming and obtuse angle with the lung parenchyma.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:44, 8 January 2017

Empyema Microchapters

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Subdural empyema
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.[1] Lateral view is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.[2] Chest X ray of empyema shows air-fluid level with continuous homogenous pattern from the mediastinum to the chest wall forming and obtuse angle with the lung parenchyma.

Chest X Ray

Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.[1] Lateral view is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.[2]

Chest X ray of empyema shows air-fluid level with continuous homogenous pattern from the mediastinum to the chest wall forming and obtuse angle with the lung parenchyma.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M (1996). "Imaging of pleural diseases". Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 51 (2): 138–44. PMID 8680381.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T; et al. (2016). "Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions". Am J Emerg Med. 34 (12): 2402–2407. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021. PMID 27793503.

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