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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-01-01
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| Series: | IDCases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092500040X |
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