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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?

Clinical conditions resulting in a secondary lung abscess:

  1. Partial bronchial obstruction due to tumor or foreign body

  2. Systemic sepsis

  3. Pulmonary trauma

  4. Direct extension from adjacent suppurative infections

  5. Prior pulmonary infarct


 
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