Tuesday, April 7, 2009

EMPYEMA WITH AIR POCKETS



CHEST X RAY
radiopacities are seen in the left lower zone without sillhouting of diaphragm and left heart border
the opacities are forming obtuse angle with the chest wall---pleural based




CT chest
a lenticular shaped pleural based isodense collection is seen in left hemithorax with evidence of air pockets
---?empyema with air pockets







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