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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 42-44 |
Actinomycotic lung abscess : diagnosis in retrospect
PR Gupta, SK Chowdhary, RK Marwaha, BD Radotra, KLN Rao
Department of Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Hemato-oncology & Pathology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
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PR Gupta
Department of Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Hemato-oncology & Pathology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh-160012
India
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ABSTRACT: Lung abscess is not an uncommon entity in children. Most of them resolve with medical treatment. Those attributable to infective complications of congenital lesions require surgical intervention. We present a rare etiology of lung abscess in a child where the correct diagnosis could be made only in retrospect.
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