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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Empyema may be classified according to the etiology, anatomical location, and pathological course of the disease as follows: | Empyema may be classified according to the etiology, anatomical location, and pathological course of the disease as follows: | ||
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===Empyema necessitans=== | ===Empyema necessitans=== | ||
Empyema necessitans is a spontaneous discharge of an empyema that has burrowed through the parietal pleura into the chest wall to form a subcutaneous abscess that may eventually rupture through the skin.<ref name="pmid24326441">{{cite journal| author=Gomes MM, Alves M, Correia JB, Santos L| title=Empyema necessitans: very late complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. | journal=BMJ Case Rep | year= 2013 | volume= 2013 | issue= | pages= | pmid=24326441 | doi=10.1136/bcr-2013-202072 | pmc=3863066 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24326441 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17301589">{{cite journal| author=Ahmed SI, Gripaldo RE, Alao OA| title=Empyema necessitans in the setting of pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion. | journal=Am J Med Sci | year= 2007 | volume= 333 | issue= 2 | pages= 106-8 | pmid=17301589 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17301589 }} </ref> | Empyema necessitans is a spontaneous discharge of an empyema that has burrowed through the parietal pleura into the chest wall to form a subcutaneous abscess that may eventually rupture through the skin.<ref name="pmid24326441">{{cite journal| author=Gomes MM, Alves M, Correia JB, Santos L| title=Empyema necessitans: very late complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. | journal=BMJ Case Rep | year= 2013 | volume= 2013 | issue= | pages= | pmid=24326441 | doi=10.1136/bcr-2013-202072 | pmc=3863066 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24326441 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17301589">{{cite journal| author=Ahmed SI, Gripaldo RE, Alao OA| title=Empyema necessitans in the setting of pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion. | journal=Am J Med Sci | year= 2007 | volume= 333 | issue= 2 | pages= 106-8 | pmid=17301589 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17301589 }} </ref> | ||
===Tuberculous vs nontuberculous empyema=== | |||
Tuberculous empyema is the most common cause of empyema necessitans. This disease can be found in patients with impaired immunity or who are immunocompetent howvever majority of patients affected are immunocompromised.<ref name="pmid27555974">{{cite journal| author=Babamahmoodi F, Davoodi L, Sheikholeslami R, Ahangarkani F| title=Tuberculous Empyema Necessitatis in a 40-Year-Old Immunocompetent Male. | journal=Case Rep Infect Dis | year= 2016 | volume= 2016 | issue= | pages= 4187108 | pmid=27555974 | doi=10.1155/2016/4187108 | pmc=4983337 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27555974 }} </ref><ref name="pmid27477414">{{cite journal| author=Nishihara T, Hayama M, Okamoto N, Tanaka A, Nishida T, Shiroyama T et al.| title=Endoscopic Bronchial Occlusion with Silicon Spigots for the Treatment of an Alveolar-pleural Fistula during Anti-tuberculosis Therapy for Tuberculous Empyema. | journal=Intern Med | year= 2016 | volume= 55 | issue= 15 | pages= 2055-9 | pmid=27477414 | doi=10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6672 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27477414 }} </ref> | |||
==Stages of empyema== | ==Stages of empyema== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Classification
Empyema may be classified according to the etiology, anatomical location, and pathological course of the disease as follows:
Primary vs secondary empyema
Primary empyema occurs most commonly as iatrogenic empyema without associated pneumonia whereas secondary empyema happens more commonly secondary to pneumonia.
Empyema necessitans
Empyema necessitans is a spontaneous discharge of an empyema that has burrowed through the parietal pleura into the chest wall to form a subcutaneous abscess that may eventually rupture through the skin.[1][2]
Tuberculous vs nontuberculous empyema
Tuberculous empyema is the most common cause of empyema necessitans. This disease can be found in patients with impaired immunity or who are immunocompetent howvever majority of patients affected are immunocompromised.[3][4]
Stages of empyema
Empyema may be classified according to the stage of the disease as follows:
- Exudative
In the exudative stage, the pus accumulates, and initial sterile fluid becomes infected with fluid characteristics of;
- glucose>60
- pH>7.2
- LDH<500
- Fibrinopurulent
During this stage, bacterial multiplies with increase in polymorphs and fibrin deposition on both pleural surfaces with fluid characteristics of;
- glucose<40
- pH <7.2
- LDH>1000
- Organizing
This stage is characterized by loculations, inelastic membranous peel, and lung entrapment as a result of scarring of the pleural space.[5]
References
- ↑ Gomes MM, Alves M, Correia JB, Santos L (2013). "Empyema necessitans: very late complication of pulmonary tuberculosis". BMJ Case Rep. 2013. doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-202072. PMC 3863066. PMID 24326441.
- ↑ Ahmed SI, Gripaldo RE, Alao OA (2007). "Empyema necessitans in the setting of pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion". Am J Med Sci. 333 (2): 106–8. PMID 17301589.
- ↑ Babamahmoodi F, Davoodi L, Sheikholeslami R, Ahangarkani F (2016). "Tuberculous Empyema Necessitatis in a 40-Year-Old Immunocompetent Male". Case Rep Infect Dis. 2016: 4187108. doi:10.1155/2016/4187108. PMC 4983337. PMID 27555974.
- ↑ Nishihara T, Hayama M, Okamoto N, Tanaka A, Nishida T, Shiroyama T; et al. (2016). "Endoscopic Bronchial Occlusion with Silicon Spigots for the Treatment of an Alveolar-pleural Fistula during Anti-tuberculosis Therapy for Tuberculous Empyema". Intern Med. 55 (15): 2055–9. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6672. PMID 27477414.
- ↑ Strange C, Tomlinson JR, Wilson C, Harley R, Miller KS, Sahn SA (1989). "The histology of experimental pleural injury with tetracycline, empyema, and carrageenan". Exp Mol Pathol. 51 (3): 205–19. PMID 2480911.