Pulmonary abscess as complication of hiatal hernia.

With the advent of newer antibiotics and improved surgical procedures, the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of pulmonary abscess assumes an increased importance. Since the prognosis in this disease is closely correlated with the promptness and accuracy of diagnosis, it has become imperative for the internist and surgeon, working In close cooperation, to be thoroughly f amiliar with the variable and often partially concealed signs and symptoms of this entity. The purpose and scope of this article is to review the saliant features of etiology, diagnosis, and therapy of lung abscess, and also to present a case of abscess secondary to a hiatal hernia. Lung abscess as a complication of hiatal hernia has not previously been described.