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DOID:3798 - pleural empyema


Disease Ontology Definition:A soft tissue infectious disease that involves accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity as a result of infection within the lung (pneumonia) or a lung abscess spreading into the space. The symptoms include cough, fever, chest pain, sweating and shortness of breath.

Synonyms: Empyema (& pleural), Empyema of pleura, Empyema of pleura without fistula, Empyema with fistula (& pleural), Empyema with no fistula, Empyema with pleural fistula, Empyema without mention of fistula, Empyema, chest, Pleural empyema with fistula, Purulent pleurisy, Thorax abscess, abscess of pleural cavity, abscess of thorax, empyema, empyema with fistula, lung empyema, pleural empyema with no fistula, purulent pleuritis, pyothorax,

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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): pleural disease (is_a)