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lung abscess

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Also known as purulent pneumonia

lung disease characterized by microbial infection which causes a type of liquefactive necrosis of the pulmonary tissue and formation of cavities containing necrotic debris or fluid

Key facts

Specialty
Infectious disease , respirology

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Research

8,971 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
symptom or sign
Subclass of
disease
Image
CT chest in pneumonia with abscesses caverns and effusions d0.jpg
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health specialty
pulmonology
ICPC 2 ID
R83
Commons category
Lung abscess
ICD-9-CM
513.0
risk factor
smoking
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WikiProject Medicine
symptoms and signs
necrosis
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Encyclopedic overview

Lung abscess is a type of liquefactive necrosis of the lung tissue and formation of cavities (more than 2 cm) containing necrotic debris or fluid caused by microbial infection.

This pus-filled cavity is often caused by aspiration, which may occur during anesthesia, sedation, or unconsciousness from injury. Alcoholism is the most common condition predisposing to lung abscesses.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “lung abscess” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.