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Ann Thorac Surg
; 91(6): 1969-71, 2011 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21619994
ABSTRACT
We describe a patient with empyema thoracis that had eroded through the apical chest wall to the supraclavicular fossa and lung parenchyma, ultimately leading to a bronchopleural fistula manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings over the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa. This is a rarely reported phenomenon and the reason why the lobulated subcutaneous emphysematous swellings remained localized is unknown.