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Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... reveals what chest ... Pleural Effusion ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pleural #Effusion
Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound

Loculations get me every time! This one's pleural 

Dr. J. Christian
Loculated Pleural ... Effusion on Lung ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Empyema #Complicated ... #POCUS #Clinical
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... • DDx: Empyema ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Complicated Pleural effusion - Empyema on POCUS

M60 YO with chronic shortness of breath and fever .
effusion - Empyema ... Lung Ultra Sound ... #Effusion #Empyema ... #Clinical #Septations ... #Loculated
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
apical region - Loculated ... effusion or empyema ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... drain on POCUS ... effusion where ... #clinical #video ... #Lung
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... stomach is normally located ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... old calcified empyema ... of oil into the pleural ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... fluid collection located ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions abutting the pleura ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #