Back to Search
Start Over
Empyema Necessitans From Actinomyces meyeri Masquerading as an SSTI.
- Source :
-
Clinical Pediatrics . Feb2024, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p231-234. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
-
Abstract
- The article describes the case of a six-year-old girl with schizencephaly, shunted hydrocephalus, epilepsy, global development delay, diabetes insipidus, and spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Topics discussed include findings on her medical examination, major categories of the differential diagnosis for a child with acquired chest wall mass, and final diagnosis of thoraco-abdominal actinomycosis with chest wall invasion.
- Subjects :
- *OSTEOMYELITIS diagnosis
*DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases
*SKIN diseases
*HYDROCEPHALUS
*SOFT tissue infections
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*TACHYPNEA
*HEMATOMA
*DIABETES insipidus
*ACTINOMYCOSIS
*PERVASIVE child development disorders
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
*NEURAL development
*FLUOROSCOPY
*CEREBROSPINAL fluid shunts
*SPASTICITY
*EPIDERMAL cyst
*SCAPULA
*MALNUTRITION
*EMPYEMA
*CEREBRAL cortex abnormalities
*CEREBRAL palsy
*COMPUTED tomography
*DENTAL caries
*COMORBIDITY
*THORACIC vertebrae
*NECROTIZING fasciitis
*NOCARDIA
*DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00099228
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174837518
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228231200090