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 3. (A, B) Computed tomography showing improved right lung tree-in-bud opacities with decreased right multiloculated right pleural effusion. Thin fluid-filled right chest wall sinus tract is probably site of previous chest tube drainage. Right lower lobe decreased size mass-like opacity is possibly small pulmonary abscess of 1.9 cm. Stable pleural space multifocal periphery calcified nodular thickening is shown.






