The first was a 6-year-old girl who presented with an abscess of a lymph node inferior to her right ear, shown in Figure 1. A needle aspiration was done yielding 2 mL of pus and relief of pain.

Cheek and gum swelling often indicates an infection of the gums or a tooth abscess. Pericoronitis, for example, is an infection that occurs around a tooth that has only partially broken through ...

Abscesses hurt for a reason. Painful and often unsightly, these pockets of pus form due to bacterial infections. While they are not always lasting or chronic, they can be a recurring challenge for ...

Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, is a bacterial infection that causes pus to collect near the tonsils and the back of the throat. It usually starts with bacteria responsible for strep ...

Gummatous tuberculosis, also known as metastatic tuberculous abscesses, represents an uncommon manifestation of cutaneous tuberculosis, marked by the presence of persistent subcutaneous abscesses. We ...

Bacterial skin infections technically have specific names based on their origin and extent, but in the medical community, they are often lumped into one of two categories: "boil" or "abscess." This ...