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==Empyema | ==Empyema== | ||
:''Empyema peel'' redirects here. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *Empyemas are often managed surgically.<ref name=pmid10197399>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ferguson | first1 = MK. | title = Surgical management of intrapleural infections. | journal = Semin Respir Infect | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 73-81 | month = Mar | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10197399 }}</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* | *Neutrophils (pus) - '''key feature'''. | ||
* | *Lymphocytes. | ||
* | *Plasma cells. | ||
*Reactive fibroblasts. | *Reactive fibroblasts. | ||
*Reactive mesothelial cells. | *Reactive mesothelial cells - not common. | ||
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