Finally, many times empyema will be loculated and the pleural fluid aspirate may represent only a sterile inflammatory area adjacent to an infected loculation (Figure 12 - 1).

Chest radiography and computed tomography showed that he had left lower lobe consolidation with a loculated pleural effusion (Figure 1A). Pleural fluid analysis was consistent with the diagnosis of ...

In cases of chronic empyema it is important to rule out specific or nonspecific diseases in the underlying pulmonary parenchyma. These include neoplasms, abscess, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis ...

Lung Therapeutics currently has pipeline programs ongoing in three areas, LTI-01 in loculated pleural effusion (PE), LTI-02 in acute lung injury (ALI), and LTI-03 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...

Loculated Pleural Effusion is a condition often associated with empyema or complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions, where the loculation of fluid occurs due to fibrinous adhesions and ...

LTI-01 is an injectable, fibronolytic drug that promotes healthy fluid drainage by increasing scar removal around the lungs while lessening bleeding and other complications. Loculated pleural effusion ...

Figure 1: A 4-mm coronal CT maximum intensity projection image. The black arrows point to nodules in the right upper and left lower lobes of the lungs, with a “tree-in-bud” appearance due to small ...