THORACIC SURGERY
Case #1 - A man, aged 70, with a long history of esophageal dysmotility. |
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: |
6.) What clinical conditions may result in a secondary lung abscess?
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Clinical conditions resulting in a secondary lung abscess:
- Partial bronchial obstruction due to tumor or foreign body
- Systemic sepsis
- Pulmonary trauma
- Direct extension from adjacent suppurative infections
- Prior pulmonary infarct
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