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Cold abscess of the chest wall: a surgical entity?

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1 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

2 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)

3 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)

4 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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