. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 2. cavity in the right lower lobe. On the otherhand in another case after the passage ofa few weeks only, a much larger cavityhas resulted. (Fig. 2.) Let us follow the further course of suchabscesses, for the present confining our-selves to the postoperative variety be-cause they come to our attention earliestand at a time when Ihev UKn- undergo rapid changes. They either go on to a com-plete cure in a considerable percentage ofthe cases, or they improve to a certainextent and then suffer repeated
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 2. cavity in the right lower lobe. On the otherhand in another case after the passage ofa few weeks only, a much larger cavityhas resulted. (Fig. 2.) Let us follow the further course of suchabscesses, for the present confining our-selves to the postoperative variety be-cause they come to our attention earliestand at a time when Ihev UKn- undergo rapid changes. They either go on to a com-plete cure in a considerable percentage ofthe cases, or they improve to a certainextent and then suffer repeated Fig. 3. Within one month alarge cavity 1J2 inches in diameter has. Fig. 3. developed within a pneumonic area ofmoderate extent. Within another monthboth the cavity and the pneumonia havedisappeared and only a few strands offibrous tissue remain as a relic of theinflammatory process (Fig. 3a). It isremarkable that a cavitv of this size can
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