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They eventually suspected that Masaya had a persistent abscess, possibly caused by an old injury from a thorn.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, south London, died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess from her left armpit.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

Alas, we’ll never know what Leni might have achieved as talking pictures staked their claim, for a tooth abscess went septic and killed him at age 44 in 1929.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

She examined him, observed his fever, his red eyes, his jaundice, his abdominal pain, and came up with nothing definite, but wondered if he had gallstones or a liver abscess.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Perianal fistulae, abnormal connections between the anal canal and perianal skin, are a common complication of Crohn's disease that often result in painful abscesses and impact patients' quality of life.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

She added some have not seen a dentist for 20 years, with a few losing their teeth, broken teeth, infections and long-term abscesses happening.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024

Penicillin antibiotics, which kill bacteria by preventing them from building a cell wall, are used to treat various illnesses such as pneumonia, meningitis, skin infections and dental abscesses.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023

“We suspect this was the source of his chronic abscesses and fistulas,” the second surgeon noted, according to portions of medical records shared by Contreras with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

A prison report said, “He does high grade work caring for stock, and is able to do such operations as opening of abscesses and castrating of animals.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann