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Volume 352:e8 March 3, 2005 Number 9
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Tuberculosis Empyema Necessitatis

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An 18-year-old man with no clinically significant medical history presented with a six-month history of an increasing mass on the left side of his back (Panel A). About three days before seeking medical attention, the patient had noticed serous drainage from a sore on the left lateral wall of his chest (Panel B). Chest radiography showed multiple left-sided pleural nodules with a consolidation in the left lower lobe. Computed tomography of the chest showed numerous pleural nodules encasing the left lung and a large collection of fluid in the musculature of the left back (Panel C), which was consistent with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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