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Cold abscess of the chest wall: a surgical entity?
Eric Faure, MD, Redha Souilamas, MD, Marc Riquet, MD, Antoine Chehab, MD, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, MD, Dominique Manac’h, MD, Bernard Debesse, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages (October 1998) DOI: /S (98)00770-X
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Fig 1 Computed tomographic scan showing a soft-tissue lesion destroying the sternum and extending anteriorly and posteriorly. The parasternal mass with low attenuation center and rim enhancement probably corresponds to a necrosis of an internal mammary lymph node. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (98)00770-X)
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Fig 2 Computed tomographic scan showing a parasternal cold abscess (arrow) clearly resulting from a necrosis of the internal mammary lymph nodes. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (98)00770-X)
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Fig 3 Computed tomographic scan showing a costovertebral cold abscess with destruction of the rib and the transverse process. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (98)00770-X)
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