Empyema necessitatis in an infant: a rare surgical disease.
Empyema necessitatis is a rare complication of empyema and is more commonly reported in adults. It is characterized by purulence in the pleural space extending into the overlying soft tissues. We report a rare case in an otherwise healthy 3-month-old girl who presented with right chest wall swelling and was subsequently found to have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus empyema necessitatis requiring thoracotomy with decortication.
Moore
Forrest O
FO
Section of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE 19718, USA. moore677@aol.com
Berne
John D
JD
McGovern
Thomas M
TM
Ravishankar
Sudha
S
Slamon
Nicholas B
NB
Hertzog
James H
JH
D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus