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(Chest. 1938;4:20-21.)
© 1938 American College of Chest Physicians

Amoebic Abscess of the Lung Complicated by Cerebral Abscess-Report of a Case

F. JOHNSON PUTNEY M.D.1 and DANIEL C. BAKER JR. M.D.1

1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A case of amoebic abscess of the lung of hematogenous origin followed by an acute brain abscess is reported. Clinical and roentgen evidence indicated that by the use of repeated bronchoscopic drainages and emetine therapy the lung lesion was healing satisfactorily; the onset of cerebral metastasis was sudden and caused rapid termination of the patient's life. It is of further interest to speculate on the possibility that an abscess may result from an amoebic pneumonic process.






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