Alcoholic stupor with aspiration has been the most commonly recognized cause of lung abscess. Eighty-nine patients treated for lung abscess in a large community hospital from 1968 through 1982 ...

Pneumonia can also be fatal due to complications such as sepsis or lung abscesses. However, rarely do people die from pneumonia. Each year, around 1.4 million people in the United States go to the ...

According to Cancer Research UK, "finger clubbing generally takes years to develop", but it can occur faster in certain conditions such as a lung abscess. The exact cause of finger clubbing is ...