title: Chronic tension empyema or chronic expanding empyema?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Desimonas
authors.forename: Athanassios L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hevas
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsilimingas
mesh_terms: D004654:Empyema, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male