Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 1280-1282 (May 1991) Surgical Drainage of Lung Abscess Complicating Acute Community-Acquired Pneumonia Peter D. Potgieter, M.B.Ch.B., F.F.A. (S.A.), Janet M.J. Hammond, M.B.Ch.B., Greg Musson, M.B.Ch.B., John Odeu, M.B.Ch.B. CHEST Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 1280-1282 (May 1991) DOI: 10.1378/chest.99.5.1280 Copyright © 1991 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Chest radiograph on admission showing dense upper lobe consolidation with patchy lower lobe opacification. CHEST 1991 99, 1280-1282DOI: (10.1378/chest.99.5.1280) Copyright © 1991 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Extension of the opacification of the right lung with areas of cavitation in the mid-zone and left lower zone opacification. CHEST 1991 99, 1280-1282DOI: (10.1378/chest.99.5.1280) Copyright © 1991 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 3 Admission chest radiograph showing bilateral loss of lung volume with left lower zone opacification and dilated loops of bowel. CHEST 1991 99, 1280-1282DOI: (10.1378/chest.99.5.1280) Copyright © 1991 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 4 Post-laparotomy radiograph showing dense lower and mid-zone opacification with possible breakdown at left base. CHEST 1991 99, 1280-1282DOI: (10.1378/chest.99.5.1280) Copyright © 1991 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions