Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2011
A patient with bilateral hydrothorax has repeatedly undergone pleural puncture on both sides. After a regular puncture the patient's condition has become worse: he presents with fever, chest pain. The next day, the attending physician performing pleural puncture revealed some pus on the right. What is the mechanism of acute right-sided empyema development?
Answer options
- Contact-and-aspiration
- Hematogenous
- Aerial
- Lymphogenous
- Implantation
Correct answer
Contact-and-aspiration
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