Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Chest Wall Tuberculosis (Empyema necessitatis) and Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Radiologic Findings
- Plain chest radiograph shows well-demarcated mass opacity in right lower thorax. The lesion have a broad contact with the chest wall. Chest CT lung window setting shows cavitary nodules with tree-in-bud appearance in the right upper lobe. Chest CT mediastinal window setting shows fluid-attenuated abscess pocket in the right chest wall.
- Brief Review
- References
- Please refer to case 49.
- Keywords
- Chest wall, Lung, Infection, Bacterial infection, Tuberculosis,