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Four faces of a parapneumonic effusion: Pathophysiology and varied radiographic presentations
Author(s) -
HEIDECKER Jay,
SAHN Steven A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01085.x
Subject(s) - medicine , parapneumonic effusion , pathophysiology , radiography , effusion , radiology , pleural effusion , pathology , surgery , pleural fluid
We report a patient methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia who developed fluid collections in three spaces in the thorax, the pleural space, the pericardial space, and a pre‐existing bulla, in addition to mediastinal oedema. We discuss the universal pathogenesis for the development of these fluid collections and the explanation for the most common presentation being a parapneumonic effusion.