Differentiating tunnel and abscess/inflammatory nodule recurrence refines surgical outcomes after wide excision in patients ...

Background A 34-year-old gravid woman with a history of ileal Crohn's disease presented at 30 weeks' gestation with a 2-week history of fever and right upper quadrant pain. An intra-abdominal abscess ...

Brain abscesses are deadly, yet their symptoms—like headache and vomiting—are often mistaken for less serious conditions. Diagnosis typically requires advanced imaging like CT or MRI scans, which are ...

Breast abscesses represent a significant clinical challenge, particularly in lactating women, where they often arise as complications of mastitis. The management of these infections has evolved ...

Blocked airway. Mucus can form behind a tumor or foreign object in your windpipe and cause an abscess. If bacteria get into the mucus, the blockage stops you from coughing it out. Blood-borne causes.

A peritonsillar abscess is a bacterial infection that usually begins as a complication of untreated strep throat or tonsillitis. A pus-filled pocket forms near one of your tonsils. It can cause pain ...

Stephen E. Cassle, Eric D. Jensen, Cynthia R. Smith, Jennifer M. Meegan, Shawn P. Johnson, Betsy Lutmerding, Sam H. Ridgway and Ruth Francis-Floyd This brief communication describes the clinical ...

For the first time, endoscopic drainage was performed in Mumbai in a HIV-positive patient who had developed liver abscess due to fungal infection. A 21-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital in Mumbai ...

A skin abscess or boil is a bump on or below the skin’s surface. It may look like a pimple but larger and deeper under the skin. Abscesses usually contain pus or clear fluid and can appear anywhere on ...

A chest abscess tends to refer to an abscess in the lungs. This also includes abscesses in the muscles of the chest wall, between the lung tissue and the lining of the chest cavity. An abscess is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When we visualize the neck by ultrasound, we occasionally find non-thyroid lesions. The following are two cases ...

PID is a serious infection of the reproductive organs. Although an ultrasound can be used to detect PID, it isn’t always necessary for diagnosis. Less costly diagnostic tools are preferred. To ...