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. 2024 Jun 16;5(3):e13215.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.13215. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Man with bedsores

Hiroyuki Shirahige  1 , Yoshihiro Aoki  1   2 , Kensuke Takahashi  1   2 , Keiko Akao  3 , Masataka Hirabaru  3 , Rina Akashi  4 , Kentaro Yoshino  4 , Atsuko Tachikawa  1 , Daisuke Sugawara  1 , Yutaka Tsukamoto  1 , Tomoaki Atsumi  1 , Shuhei Yamano  1   2 , Shigeyuki Morino  3 , Motoi Nakano  4 , Koichi Hayakawa  1   2 , Osamu Tasaki  5
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Man with bedsores

Hiroyuki Shirahige et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Examination of the right chest on admission. (A and B) The epidermis formed a bedsore, which was easily destroyed by friction. (C) When the bedsore was debrided, the intercostal muscles were necrotic, and pus oozed from within the thoracic cavity.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Plain chest computed tomography (CT) images. (A) Sagittal chest CT image showing dissolution of the intercostal muscles at the bedsore site (arrows) with a gravity‐dependent fluid level indicating the presence of both liquid and air. A thickened necrotic chest wall (arrowheads) demarcated the lung from the empyema cavity. (B) Axial image exhibiting osteosclerosis of the rib and an irregularity of cortical bone (arrow) as a result of inflammatory spillover.
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