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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
On Computed tomographic scan, empyema is seen as a lung mass whose cavity is regular with smooth and regular lumen and well-defined boundary. The shape changes with change in patient's position.<ref name="pmid7384467">{{cite journal| author=Baber CE, Hedlund LW, Oddson TA, Putman CE| title=Differentiating empyemas and peripheral pulmonary abscesses: the value of computed tomography. | journal=Radiology | year= 1980 | volume= 135 | issue= 3 | pages= 755-8 | pmid=7384467 | doi=10.1148/radiology.135.3.7384467 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7384467 }}</ref> Mass on CT scan may resolve on antibiotics. The split pleura sign on CT scan is present (most reliable sign to differentiate empyema from lung abscess where it is absent). | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
CT
On Computed tomographic scan, empyema is seen as a lung mass whose cavity is regular with smooth and regular lumen and well-defined boundary. The shape changes with change in patient's position.[1] Mass on CT scan may resolve on antibiotics. The split pleura sign on CT scan is present (most reliable sign to differentiate empyema from lung abscess where it is absent).
References
- ↑ Baber CE, Hedlund LW, Oddson TA, Putman CE (1980). "Differentiating empyemas and peripheral pulmonary abscesses: the value of computed tomography". Radiology. 135 (3): 755–8. doi:10.1148/radiology.135.3.7384467. PMID 7384467.