title: CT findings in transdiaphragmatic empyema necessitatis due to tuberculosis.
abstract: A case of transdiaphragmatic empyema necessitatis due to tuberculosis presented clinically as a subcutaneous mass in the posteroinferior right chest. Imaging studies revealed a 12 cm diameter suprahepatic mass contiguous with thickened and calcified right pleura. Even in the preantibiotic era, such a presentation of empyema necessitatis was very unusual.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004654:Empyema, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*