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== Clinical Summary ==
This 67-year-old male with advanced colon cancer developed obstruction of the bowel and underwent palliative surgery to remove an 8-cm portion of colon containing the obstruction. During the surgery the patient had several episodes of hypotension. After surgery he did not regain consciousness and required ventilator support. Four days after surgery, the patient developed a fever and his white blood cell count was found to be 15,256 cells/cm²mm³. Thus, he was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics. A chest x-ray demonstrated infiltrates in both lungs, which worsened over the next several days. His overall condition continued to deteriorate and he died 12 days after surgery.
== Autopsy Findings ==
File:IPLab1LungAbscess8.jpg|A high-power photomicrograph of lung from this case demonstrates a small abscess full of inflammatory cells (primarily neutrophils) (arrows). There is a bacterial colony in the center of this abscess (1).
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== Virtual Microscopy ==
=== Lung Abscess ===
<peir-vm>IPLab1LungAbscess</peir-vm>
=== Normal Lung ===
<peir-vm>UAB-Histology-00107</peir-vm>
== Study Questions ==
=== Images ===
* [http://peir.path.uab.edu{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/61-abscess/27-lung PEIR Digital Library: Lung Abscess Images]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNGIDX.html WebPath: Pulmonary Pathology Images]