J Yeungnam Med Sci.  2023 Jul;40(3):315-316. 10.12701/jyms.2023.00262.

Effective treatment of empyema thoracis caused by a ruptured large hepatic cyst

• Lee SS
• Kim H

• KMID: 2544596
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/jyms.2023.00262

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  Fig. 1. (A) Hepatic cyst (10 cm, arrow) noted by abdominal computed tomography (CT) 10 years ago. (B) CT scan taken at the internal medicine outpatient department 1 month before the visit to the emergency room shows the existing hepatic cyst enlarged to approximately 19 cm (arrow). (C) Abdominal CT at the time of admission to the emergency room shows a large amount of pleural effusion (arrow) and the hepatic cyst (arrowhead), which is significantly smaller than 1 month earlier. (D) One week after chest tube insertion, CT scan shows that most of the pleural effusion has drained, and the giant hepatic cyst has disappeared.

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