Empyema

Progression of empyema
Specialty| Pulmonology, Infectious disease

An empyema (/ˌɛmpaɪˈiːmə/) is a collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity. For example, pleural empyema is empyema of the pleural cavity. It must be differentiated from an abscess, which is a collection of pus in a newly formed cavity. The term is from Greek ἐμπύημα, "abscess".

## Contents

* 1 Classification
* 2 Diagnosis
* 2.1 Lungs
* 2.2 Gallbladder
* 3 Treatment
* 4 History
* 5 Referencs
* 6 Further reading
* 7 External links

## Classification[edit | edit source]

Empyema occurs in:

* the pleural cavity (pleural empyema also known as pyothorax)[1]
* the thoracic cavity
* the uterus (pyometra)
* the appendix (appendicitis)
* the meninges (subdural empyema)[2]
* the joints (septic arthritis)
* the gallbladder[3]

## Diagnosis[edit | edit source]

### Lungs[edit | edit source]

*   *   * Empyema

* Empyema with abscess

### Gallbladder[edit | edit source]

* Contrast enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen is showing gall bladder empyema with perforation and formation of liver abscess.

## Treatment[edit | edit source]

* Empyema tube

## History[edit | edit source]

Ww1 empyema

## Referencs[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Garvia, Veronica; Paul, Manju (2022). "Empyema". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. PMID 29083780. Archived from the original on 2023-01-12. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
2. ↑ "Subdural Empyema: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology". 28 October 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
3. ↑ Kashyap, Sarang; Mathew, George; King, Kevin C. (2022). "Gallbladder Empyema". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.

## Further reading[edit | edit source]

* Shen, K. Robert; Bribriesco, Alejandro; Crabtree, Traves; Denlinger, Chad; Eby, Joshua; Eiken, Patrick; Jones, David R.; Keshavjee, Shaf; Maldonado, Fabien; Paul, Subroto; Kozower, Benjamin (February 2017). "The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of empyema". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153 (6): e129–e146. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.01.030. PMID 28274565.

## External links[edit | edit source]

Classification|

* ICD-10: J86.9
* MeSH: D004653

|

External resources|

* MedlinePlus: 000123