Lung abscess or empyema? Taking a closer look

Thorax. 2018 Sep;73(9):887-889. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211604. Epub 2018 Mar 26.

Authors

Maged Hassan^{1

2}, Rachelle Asciak¹, Rana Rizk², Hany Shaarawy², Fergus V Gleeson³, Najib M Rahman^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
² Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
³ Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 29581405
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211604

No abstract available

Keywords: empyema; imaging/ct mri etc; respiratory infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Empyema / complications
Empyema / diagnosis*
Humans
Lung Abscess / complications
Lung Abscess / diagnosis*
Symptom Assessment
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography

Grants and funding

G1001128/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom