A new case report from BMC Infectious Diseases documents the successful treatment of a 75-year-old septic patient with a rare ...

A completely thrombosed mycotic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery in a seven-year-old boy masqueraded as a parapharyngeal abscess until multimodal imaging revealed the true and far more ...

Brain abscesses located deep within the brain can rapidly become life-threatening and are often difficult to treat through conventional surgery. In a single-patient case report, researchers describe ...

A retropharyngeal abscess is a life-threatening collection of pus that forms in the back of the throat. It typically develops when the lymph nodes behind your throat become infected. They may have ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

A chest abscess tends to refer to an abscess in the lungs. This also includes abscesses in the muscles of the chest wall, between the lung tissue and the lining of the chest cavity. An abscess is a ...