What is a phlegmon?
Phlegmon is a medical term describing an inflammation of soft tissue that spreads under the skin or inside the body. It’s usually caused by an infection and produces pus. The name phlegmon comes from the Greek word phlegmone, meaning inflammation or swelling.
What is difference between carbuncle and Furuncle?
A carbuncle is a cluster of boils that form a connected area of infection under the skin. Boils (furuncles) usually start as reddish or purplish, tender bumps. The bumps quickly fill with pus, growing larger and more painful until they rupture and drain.
Which comes first carbuncle or furuncle?
A furuncle, also known as a boil, is a painful infection that forms around a hair follicle and contains pus. A carbuncle is collection of boils that develop under the skin. When bacteria infect hair follicles, the follicles can swell and turn into boils and carbuncles. A furuncle starts as a red lump.
What is phlegmon?
Phlegmon is a medical term describing an inflammation of soft tissue that spreads under the skin or inside the body.
What factors affect the development of phlegmon?
Factors affecting the development of phlegmon are virulence of bacteria and immunity strength. In modern medicine, phlegmon is mostly used descriptively in the fields of surgery/ surgical pathology and medical imaging.
Is phlegmon life threatening?
In some cases, phlegmon can be life-threatening. The difference between phlegmon and abscess is as follows: A phlegmon is unbounded and can keep spreading out along connective tissue and muscle fiber. An abscess is walled in and confined to the area of infection.
What is the pathophysiology of pancreatic phlegmon (phlegmon)?
Adler and Barkin describe pancreatic phlegmon as a mass that results from acute intrapancreatic inflammation with fat necrosis and pancreatic parenchymal necrosis.