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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Ultrasound

Ultrasound has a minimal role in diagnosing lung abscess .
Lung abscess appears as a rounded hypoechoic lesion with an outer margin on ultrsound.
Lung abscesses which are peripheral and with pleural contact or included inside a lung consolidation are detectable using bedside lung ultrasonography.