Chest CT scan shows an anterior mediastinal mass compressing and displacing the heart. This was a case of Staphylococcus aureus purulent pericarditis in a patient on hemodialysis who had been treated twice over a six-month period for S. aureus bacteremia.
CT: computed tomography.
Reprinted with permission from Nwiloh, JO, Egbe, PA, Tagoe, AT, Weaver, LW. Chest 2000; 118:1832.
