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===Gangrenous pneumonia===
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[[Image:Gangrenous pneumonia.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Gangrenous pneumonia (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
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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.
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*The usual cause is administration of medicines (intended for the oesophagus!) or as a sequel to aspiration pneumonia
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*The dead tissue undergoes liquefactive necrosis forming a cavity which is surrounded by intense hyperaemia and inflammation
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[[Category:Pneumonia]]
       
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