Lung Abscess Revisited

Bilateral peritonsillar abscess revisited.

Bilateral peritonsillar abscess is uncommon. When it does occur; patients usually present with sore throat; other clinical signs and symptoms may differ from those usually associated with unilateral peritonsillar abscess. We describe 2 cases of bilateral peritonsillar abscess that were successfully treated with needle aspiration of both sides with a 14-gauge intravenous cannula. Needle aspirati...

Amoebic Liver Abscess: Revisited

Amoebiasis is common in Asia, Africa, and South America, and is endemic in many regions of the Philippines1-4. Hepatic involvement is a frequent extra-intestinal complication which is encountered in 3 to 9% of the cases of amoebiasis. In Africa, over a period of 20 years, the King Edward VIII Hospital reported 2,074 cases of hepatic abscess, while in New York City at the Mt. Sinai Hospital only...

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 ...