The roengenologic characteristics of blocked pulmonary abscess

Abstract

Data of 12 patients with blocked pulmonary abscess cured in the reserch institute of pulmonology in the period from 1988 to 1992 were presented. Difficulties of the differential diagnostics of blocked pulmonary abscess and some features of its clinical roentgenological abd bronchological currence and of data of the morphological and hystological currence and of data of morphological and hystological studies were observed. The role of transbronchial punction resulting in some cases in the abscess cavity drainage and in the patient relief was emphasized.