Subphrenic abscess: a complication of lobar pneumonia

Packe, G.E.; Kubik, M.M.; Williams, J.T.

European Journal of Respiratory Diseases 67(4): 301-304

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0106-4339
PMID: 4076368
Document Number: 255647
A patient presented with a pneumococcal lobar pneumonia and later developed a subphrenic abscess. Peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscess formation should be remembered as a rare cause of delayed recovery from lobar pneumonia.

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