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Phlegmon

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Phleg´mon
n.1.(Med.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.


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However, five patients developed serious complications, including dehydration and renal failure associated with dehydration, suspected ileus, ascites and phlegmon.
Abscess or phlegmon A focal region of infectious inflammation, also known as a phlegmon, often precedes frank abscess formation and may enhance with characteristics that are difficult to differentiate from recently formed scar tissue or tumor.
Infection of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes progresses through the stages of cellulitis, phlegmon and finally, abscess formation.
 
 
 
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