If an abscess occurs, it requires adequate treatment with antibiotics and needle aspiration, incision and drainage or immediate tonsillectomy.5 If inadequately treated, the infection can spread ...

A surgeon pops a huge abscess on a man's jaw and captured the moment on video. Doctor Osama Makkia spent 20 minutes scrapping the pus out of his patient's abscess - which he admits is one of the ...

The original Atlanta Classification proposed the term ‘pancreatic abscess’ to define a ‘localised collection of purulent material without significant necrotic material’.1 This finding is extremely ...

A 33-year-old woman with a history of brain abscess 4 years earlier was admitted with an infected cranial bone flap requiring surgical debridement. Four days postoperatively she was found collapsed, ...

Abscesses hurt for a reason. Painful and often unsightly, these pockets of pus form due to bacterial infections. While they are not always lasting or chronic, they can be a recurring challenge for ...