ABSCESS OF THE LUNG

Carcinomatous abscess of the lung.

or tuberculous cavities has prompted us to review all the cases of neoplastic abscess seen in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Regional Thoracic Surgery Centre over the last 12 years. From 1940 to 1951 70 cases of neoplastic abscess were admitted to the clinic, and this paper reports the results of our study of these cases and discusses the main problems encountered in diagnosis. Our criterion in select...

Abscess of the Lung-Peribronchial

reason for publishing the following case : ? William Maclean, aged 45, a seaman, was admitted to the General Hospital, Calcutta, on the 26th May 1885, suffering from urgent dyspnoea, severe precordial pain and pyrexia, ranging from 100? in the morning to 101? in the evening. 27th May.?Temperature 98?, pulse 88 of good strength and volume, respirations 44. There is great dyspnoea and severe pain...

Lung Abscess

Introduction.?There are many points in the aetiology and treatment of lung abscess that are still not fully understood. Hence, the writer decided to.study the records of the cases of lung abscess admitted and treated at the Kin? Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel. The material consists of fifty consecutive clinic*1' cases of lung abscess. Hippocrates thought that lung abscess was caused by inh...

Lung Abscess

Lung Abscess

Abscess of the lung is aptly defined by Maxwell (1934) as 'non-tuberculous suppuration with cavitation occurring in the lung tissue \ Nowadays, it is generally agreed that abscess and gangrene of the lung clinically are different stages of the same pathological process which is likely to appear under certain conditions. The stage of the suppurative process will depend upon the virulence of the ...