Category:Tuberculous empyema

A pleural empyema which involves presence of pus in the pleural cavity and calcified visceral pleura. It results from a large number of mycobacteria spilling into the pleural space, usually from rupture of a cavity or an adjacent paranchymal focus via a bronchopleural fistula.

equivalent URI:=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14305