A case of pyothorax-associated lymphoma simulating empyema necessitatis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-165

  Kim, Yookyung ^a   Lee, Sun Wha ^a   Choi, Hae Young ^a   Im, Seock Ah ^a   Won, Taehee ^a   Han, Woon Sup ^a  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Empyema; Lymphoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

NECROSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; EMPYEMA NECESSITATIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NECROSIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

EID: 0037404627     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00543-0     Document Type: Article

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