The use of the fiberoptic bronchoscope as a drainage procedure for lung abscess has become more and more widespread. We have recently adopted the technique of inserting a simple polyethylene catheter through the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope into the abscess cavity of 11 patients with lung abscess. All cases had not responded to aggressive postural drainage and adequate antibiotic therapy fo...

We report a case of bronchopulmonary sequestration with secondary abscess formation that resulted in lower lobectomy the right lung. A 32-year-old female productive cough and recurrent pneumonia was found to have large complex intrapulmonary lobe an infected pulmonary sequestration. She placed on antibiotics, underwent chest tube placement for drainage abscess, subsequently, she had lobectomy. ...

Lung abscess is the necrosis of pulmonary tissue with formation of cavities (more than 2cm)..Predisposing factors include bronchogenic carcinoma or other bronchial obstructions,bronchiectasis and pulmonary infarction. Diagnosis is by chest radiography and computed tomography(CT),Frequently isolated pathogens include anaerobes and nosocomial microorganisms,Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeru...

INTRODUCTION Pediatric lung abscesses can be primary or secondary, and there is limited data regarding response to treatments and patient outcomes. OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical and microbiologic profile of pediatric patients with lung abscess and assess the differences in outcomes for patients treated with medical therapy or medical plus surgical therapy. METHODS A retrospective review...

Abscess formation in lung cancer after transbronchial biopsy (TBB) is a rare complication with no standard consensus on a coping strategy or prophylaxis. We describe an instructive case of lung cancer which developed into an abscess after TBB. An 80-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus underwent TBB for diagnosing a mass lesion in the left upper lobe. The TBB specimen confirmed...

uncommon, but there are few case reports of cavitary pulmonary Hodgkin’s disease mimicking as lung abscess or necrotizing pneumonia. In this report, we describe a case of pulmonary Hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting as a large cavitary lesion with air-fluid levels in the right lower lobe mimicking as lung abscess or necrotizing pneumonia. The patient showed right lower tracheal and right hilar lymph...

The development of thoracic surgery under the leadership of a few men, such as Dr. Evarts Graham, has included the most important surgical advances of this period. Statements have been made to the effect that virtually all recent surgical advances are in the realm of thoracic surgery. In this field there are probably no greater successes than those obtained in the removal of portions of the lun...

Background. Lung abscess has been treated traditionally by incision and drainage. This approach has changed since the discovery of antibiotics, when conservative management has replaced surgical drainage. Only patients resistant to non-operative treatment were referred to surgery. These were usually treated by lobectomy. Prompted by management of some critical patients who could not tolerate lo...