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- Medical condition (new).name
- Empyema
- Medical condition (new).field
- Pulmonology, infectious disease
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Research
15,133 papers- Pleural empyema.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 1999
- Thoracic empyema: current opinions in medical and surgical management.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2010
- Parapneumonic effusion and empyema.The European respiratory journal · 1997
- Empyema in children.The Journal of cardiovascular surgery · 1998
- Empyema after pneumonectomy.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 1973
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thumb|Empyema
An empyema (; ) is a collection or gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity. The term is most commonly used to refer to pleural empyema, which is empyema of the pleural cavity. It is similar to or the same as abscess in meaning, but the context of use may sometimes be different. For instance, an appendicular empyema is in medicine now generally called an abscess.