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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Thoracic MRI may show an internally septated, thick wall, and heterogeneous mass especially in empyema necessitans<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> | Thoracic MRI may show an internally septated, thick wall, and heterogeneous mass especially in empyema necessitans<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> | ||
==MRI== | ==MRI== | ||
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Empyema Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Thoracic MRI may show an internally septated, thick wall, and heterogeneous mass especially in empyema necessitans[1]
MRI
Thoracic MRI may show the following:[1]
- Large heterogeneous mass
- Thick wall cavity
- Internal septations especially in empyema necessitans
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.