Massive pulmonary gangrene developed in two patients. Review of the literature reveals 10
other case reports of pulmonary gangrene complicating lobar pneumonia. Among the total of …

A 49-year-old man suffered massive necrosis of the lung subsequent to a pneumococcal
lobar pneumonia. Development of massive hemoptysis required emergency lobectomy. The …

(Cheal 1994; 105: l $61-13) pulmonary gangrene is a rare complication of severe pulmonary
infection in which a pulmonary segment or lobe is sloughed. It is part of a spectrum of …

To the editor: The article" Massive pulmonary gangrene: a severe complication of Klebsiella
pneumonia", by Knight, Fraser and Robson (Can Med Assoc J 112: 196, 1975), was of …

Case histories of four patients with gangrene of the lung are presented. All of these patients
had characteristic radiographic features of the disease. Two patients had resection and …

Eighteen well-documented cases of pulmonary gangrene as a complication of bacterial
pulmonary infections have been reported in the literature. These infections were due to …

Three patients with massive pulmonary gangrene who have survived without recourse to
surgery are presented. In 2 cases, anaerobic organisms were suspected as being the …

Pulmonary gangrene is an extremely rare and severe complication of pneumonia. It is very
rarely seen in community-acquired pneumonia. A 49-year-old immunocompetent man was …

1j1ASSIVE pulmonary gangrene is a rare entity about which little has been written. It is a
serious, often fatal complication of lobar pneumonia in which one or more large segments of …

Characteristic sequential roentgenographic changes have been revealed in three cases of
pulmonary gangrene. The microscopic findings of endarteritis obliterans were present in all …