title: [X-ray computed tomography in purulent pleurisy].
abstract: Complementary CT scan imaging during investigation of 18 cases of empyema showed it to be an essential examination, since it established the diagnosis in all cases, determined possible extension of the infectious process and possible causal lesion, defined the most effective approach for percutaneous drainage and evaluated efficacy of the later.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004653:Empyema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Apport de la scanographie au cours des pleurésies purulentes.