Prichard Colón is a boxer whose life changed for the worse back in 2015. Back then, he was an undefeated boxer with a bright future. Now, he is battling to fully recover from a left-sided ...

A retropharyngeal abscess is a swelling in the neck caused by an infection. It is most often caused by bacteria that can multiply and create a pocket of infection in the interior lymph nodes of the ...

They are most common in the lower portion of the large intestine (called the sigmoid colon). Diverticulosis ... infection of the abdominal cavity) Abscesses ("walled off" infections in the abdomen ...

The patient had undergone an appendectomy 2 years prior for perforated appendicitis, which was complicated by a postoperative abscess ... the appendiceal stump and cecum. He was subsequently ...

Two common types can cause this pain: Proctosigmoiditis: Inflammation and pain are in the rectum and sigmoid colon, part of the large intestine that runs horizontally across the lower left quadrant.

During laparotomy, the cecum was found to be densely adherent to the pelvic organs and bowel, so the surrounding abscess was drained. Interval appendectomy was refused. The patient returned 8 ...

National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, People’s Republic of China College of Veterinary Medicine, ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Diverticulitis can cause symptoms like a change in bowel habits, gas, chills, and ...

As these bumps or nodules grow, they join together and fill up with fluid, becoming abscesses. When the mass breaks open, blood and pus is expelled. This fluid has a bad odor and can cause wet ...