loculation

loculation (countable and uncountable, plural loculations)

1. (medicine) The localized failure of a region to drain fluids, resulting in an enlarged mass.
   • 1998, Burke A. Cunha, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine, →ISBN, page 345:

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

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

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

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

     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.

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