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===Classification=== Abscesses may be classified as either ''skin abscesses'' or ''internal abscesses''. Skin abscesses are common; internal abscesses tend to be harder to diagnose, and more serious.<ref name="NHS_abscess">{{cite web | publisher = United Kingdom National Health Service | url = http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Abscess/Pages/Introduction.aspx | title = Abscess | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141030070952/http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Abscess/Pages/Introduction.aspx | archive-date=2014-10-30 }}</ref> Skin abscesses are also called cutaneous or subcutaneous abscesses.<ref name="Medline_abscess">{{cite web | website = Medline Plus | url = https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001353.htm | title = Abscess | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407011259/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001353.htm |archive-date=2016-04-07 }}</ref>
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