He already was being treated for an abscessed tooth and asthma. When he returned to Los Angeles McQueen fell ill because he had an abscessed molar. This victim is known to have suffered from an abscessed tooth. Lick granulomas sometimes become infected with bacteria, causing abscessed areas or fistulous tracts (furuncles). She talks a witch doctor out of killing a woman with an abscessed tooth. Another specimen bears both a possible abscessed humerus and injured vertebra. Anal sacs can become abscessed and infecting micro-organisms produce odor.