pleural empyema

Summary
Synonym
  • Empyema of pleura
  • Empyema of pleura without fistula
  • Empyema with no fistula
  • Empyema with pleural fistula
  • Empyema without mention of fistula
  • Empyema, chest
  • Pleural empyema with fistula
  • Purulent pleurisy
  • Thorax abscess
  • abscess of pleural cavity
  • abscess of thorax
  • empyema
  • empyema with fistula
  • lung empyema
  • pleural empyema with no fistula
  • purulent pleuritis
  • pyothorax
Definition
A soft tissue infectious disease that involves accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity as a result of infection within the lung (pneumonia) or a lung abscess spreading into the space. The symptoms include cough, fever, chest pain, sweating and shortness of breath.
Super Class
pleural disease
External Links
Disease Ontology
DOID:3798
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
Related Genes
Displaying all 2 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
1048 CEACAM5 CEA cell adhesion molecule 5
9200 HACD1 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase 1
Related Glycoprotein

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