Gangrenous Pneumonia
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- Can occur following severe infections in which tissue becomes necrotic and is then invaded by putrefactive saprophytes, however this is rare.
- The usual cause is administration of medicines (intended for the oesophagus!) or as a sequel to aspiration pneumonia
- The dead tissue undergoes liquefactive necrosis forming a cavity which is surrounded by intense hyperaemia and inflammation