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- Title
Empyema Necessitans From Actinomyces meyeri Masquerading as an SSTI.
- Authors
Clary, Cody; Desai, Nilesh; Falco, Carla
- 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
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 2, p231
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/00099228231200090