Blasto-ing through the chest wall: Empyema necessitans due to pulmonary blastomycosis

Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of empyema and often associated with chronic, untreated infections. Here we report a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and left chest wall mass who was found to have empyema necessitans caused by Blastomycosis...

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Main Authors: Cameron G. Gmehlin, Nicholas P. Bergeron, Vaishnavi Ramesh, Haris Akhtar, Zelalem Temesgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092500040X
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