Saleem Shehzad Cheema, Salman Atiq, Khalid Rehman Yousaf, Tahir, Maaz Iqbal.
Empyema Necessitans In A 17 Years Male With Long Standing Pneumonia.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;8(2):96-8.

Empyema necessitans is a spontaneous discharge of an empyema that has burrowed through the parietal pleural, usually in the chest wall, to form a subcutaneous abscess. We present a case of 17 year old adult male presented to us for cross-sectional imaging and was diagnosed to be a case of Empyema necessitans besides bilateral empyema associated with right hydro/ hemopneumothorax and multiple thick walled cavitations of variable sizes with multiple air fluid levels in non-segmental distribution involving all lobes bilaterally placed peripherally.

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