loculation

plural loculations

1. countableuncountablemedicineThe localized failure of a region to drain fluids, resulting in an enlarged mass.

   In this stage, there is a progressive tendency toward loculation of the fluid and the formation of limiting membranes.

   2005, Ronald B. George, Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, →ISBN

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   When no response occurs within 24 hours, loculation should be excluded by ultrasonography, and urokinase should be infused to enhance drainage.

   1998, Burke A. Cunha, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine, →ISBN, page 345

   Trauma patients are at risk of developing gram-positive empyema, characterized by early loculations and formation of dense adhesions because of hemothorax, which offers both a rich supply of bacterial nutrients as well as fibrin.

   2015, Juan A. Asensio, Donald D. Trunkey, Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, →ISBN