It was around that time, however, that my sister developed epiglottitis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the epiglottis.

He had wandered into a field of green barley, the consumption of which gave him a fatal inflammation of the lungs.

'An almost invariably fatal inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes,' said the doctor rather formally.

Hepatitis C is a serious and sometimes fatal inflammation of the liver.

Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation.

They used the word "peritonitis" - the name of a potentially fatal inflammation of the abdominal lining - only after being pressed repeatedly by reporters.

Infection can also lead to a sometimes fatal inflammation of the brain, especially in newborns who are infected by their mothers, and to a blinding eye infection.

But it looked more like encephalitis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain.

The disease, which starts as a flulike illness in humans but can progress to a fatal inflammation of the brain, is usually transmitted to mosquitoes from migratory birds.

In 1998, he developed pericarditis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the sack surrounding the heart.