12 September 2023 : Case report
Acute Presentation of Tuberculosis Empyema in a Healthy Adolescent
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis
Edzelle Hankins1BDEF, Dmitri Khvolis1BDEF, John T. Spigos1BDEF, Oksana Tatarina-Nulman1ABCDEF*, Brande Brown1ABCDEF, Minnie John1ABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.939419
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e939419
Figure 2. (A, B) Computed tomography showing large loculated peripherally enhancing pleural effusion along the posterolateral hemithorax tracking into the anteroinferior pleural space and into the minor, major, and azygos fissures. Findings are most consistent with an empyema. There is right hilar adenopathy. There is no evidence of cervical, mediastinal, or axillary adenopathy.