Lung Abscess – Missed, then Found!

Authors

  • Dr. N S Neki Govt. Medical College &Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab,India
  • Amritpal singh Govt. Medical college and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, India
  • Gagandeep Singh Shergill Govt. Medical college and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2016.3.4s.3

Keywords:

CT Chest in lung abscess, X-ray in lung abscess

Abstract

Lung abscess, a liquefactive necrosis of the lung tissue, presents as an air-fluid level in a cavity on chest X-ray. But sometimes it can entirely be missed on chest X-rays and can cause delay in diagnosis and so appropriate management. In such situations, computed tomography of chest can clinch the diagnosis. We are presenting here such a situation where lung abscess was detected on CT chest, whereas the chest radiography totally missed it.

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Author Biographies

Dr. N S Neki, Govt. Medical College &Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab,India

Professor, Dept. of Medicine

Amritpal singh, Govt. Medical college and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, India

Senior resident, Department of Medicine

Gagandeep Singh Shergill, Govt. Medical college and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, India

Junior resident, Department of Medicine

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Published

2016-12-31

How to Cite

Dr. N S Neki, Amritpal singh, & Gagandeep Singh Shergill. (2016). Lung Abscess – Missed, then Found!. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 3(4(S), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2016.3.4s.3

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4(S) (2016): Vol 3 | Issue 4(S), October - December 2016

Section

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