Pulmonary abscess

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 9 Feb 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 15 Oct 2019

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was removed:
CT Chest
Findings was changed:

.CTCT findings in keeping with the plain film appearances, demonstrating a large cavity within the left lower lobe, with an air-fluid level within.

Relatively extensive adjacent ground-glass changes and consolidation. Further areas of ground-glass change and consolidation in both upper lobes.

Small bilateral pleural effusions.

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