Purulent pericarditis: recognition from the chest radiograph.
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.
Chow
W H
WH
Department of Medicine, Grantham Hospital, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
Chow
L T
LT
Suen
H C
HC
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