A case of pyothorax-associated lymphoma simulating empyema necessitatis.
We describe a case of a diabetic man with a 40-year history of chronic tuberculous empyema presented with fever, chest pain and bulging soft tissue of the right chest wall. CT scan revealed a huge chest wall mass showing extensive necrosis with air-bubbles and destruction of the ribs. Decortication and extirpation of the chest wall mass were performed, and histopathologic examination confirmed diffused large cell type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University, MokDong Hospital, 911-1 MokDong YangCheon-Ku, Seoul 158-710, South Korea. yookkim@ewha.ac.kr
Yookyung
Y
Kim
Sun Wha
SW
Lee
Hae Young
HY
Choi
Seock-Ah
SA
Im
Taehee
T
Won
Woon Sup
WS
Han
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004654:Empyema, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed