Sister Leena's sign: a sign that may be useful in differentiating colopleural fistula (fecal empyema) from usual empyema

Chest. 2007 May;131(5):1616-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-0446.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drinking
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis*
  • Empyema, Pleural / etiology
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Intestinal Fistula / complications
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Pleural Diseases / complications
  • Pleural Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology
  • Pregnancy