title: Purulent pericarditis: recognition from the chest radiograph.
abstract: A patient is described in whom the diagnosis of purulent pericarditis was made by chest radiograph because of the presence of air with a fluid level within the pericardial cavity and was confirmed subsequently at surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Grantham Hospital, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Suen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013492:Suppuration