Definition: A bacterial, fungal or parasitic abscess that develops in the lung parenchyma. Causes include aspiration pneumonia, necrotizing pneumonia, necrotizing malignant tumors, and Wegener's granulomatosis.
Synonyms (terms occurring on more labels are shown first): lung abscess, lung ab- scess
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