Epidural Abscess
Spinal Epidural Abscess in a Young Child
... spinal epidural abscess, caused by Staphylococcus aureus, in a 3-year-old ...spinal epidural abscess must be drained ...spinal epidural abscess, magnetic resonance imaging, ...
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The effectiveness of a percutaneous endoscopic approach in a patient with psoas and epidural abscess accompanied by pyogenic spondylitis: a case report
... the epidural and psoas abscesses, or it may have occurred due to exiting nerve root damage that was caused by the transforaminal approach for epidural abscess drainage [9], or because of the lumbar ...
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Hypoglossal nerve paralysis caused by high cervical epidural abscess
... large epidural abscess extending from C1 to C4 predominantly on the right side (ar- row, B) and extending to neural foram- ina (arrow, ...of epidural abscess with residual hyperintense signal ...
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Epidural Abscess and Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Serial Lumbar Punctures
... Lumbar epidural abscess and vertebral Os- teomyelitis were diagnosed in a 3-month-old infant, born prematurely, who had had repeated lumbar punctures for the treatment of posthemorrhagic[r] ...
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Presacral Neuroenteric Fistula in a Newborn Presenting With an Epidural Abscess: Case Report and Review of the Literature
... At the time of arrival, the infant’s posture was noted to be abnormal; he was lying somewhat hyperextended and was irrita- ble during handling. There was an indistinct but definite swelling over the lower lumbar spine, ...
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Brucella infection of the thoracic vertebral arch presenting with an epidural abscess: a case report
... Brucellosis is an endemic and systemic disease with charac- teristic symptoms of undulant fever, night sweats, and weakness [1]. It can involve any organ or tissue, including the eyes, liver, lungs, nervous system, ...
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Pediatric Spinal Epidural Abscess: A 9-Year Institutional Review and Review of the Literature
... Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an infrequent diagnosis requiring prompt initiation of treatment for optimal out- come. SEAs are potentially increasing in incidence due to a rise in risk factors (spine ...
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Insidious Onset of Tetraparesis due to Cervical Epidural Abscess from Enterococcus faecalis
... Cervical epidural abscess is a rather uncommon clinical entity. It represents almost the one percent of all spinal epidural abscesses, which have a reported prevalence of 0.2- 1.2 cases per 10,000 ...
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Lumbar spine epidural abscess and facet joint septic arthritis due to Streptococcus agalactiae: a case report
... an epidural mass at T12-L4 compressing the cord and involving the paravertebral muscles as ...spine epidural abscess and facet joint septic arthritis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae is a clinical ...
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Epidural Abscess Related to Brucellar Spondylodiscitis Diagnosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
... The localized forms of brucellosis, particularly osteoarticular, by their symp- tomatology usually nonspecific, still continue to be a diagnosis challenge, be- ing fundamental to raise a high degree of suspicion based on ...
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Quadriplegia caused by an epidural abscess occurring at the same level of cervical destructive spondyloarthropathy: a case report
... cardiomegaly. Echocardiogram showed no septic vege- tation but severe concentric hypertrophy of the left ventricle and mild aortic regurgitation. The patient’s sepsis and epidural abscess secondary to ...
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Case Report Cervical discitis with spinal epidural abscess after percutaneous nucleoplasty: a case report
... Disc space infection is a rare complication that can follow any invasive spinal procedure. It is particularly rare in the cervical region and was first described by Turnbull in 1953 [1]. An epidural abscess ...
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Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess caused by gas gangrene presenting with complete paraplegia: a case report
... if the infection occurs only within the disc [5,6,8,10]. However, with surgical site infection (SSI) after lumbar spine surgery, one patient died, and one needed multiple operations [4,7]. The differences in outcomes may ...
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Spinal Epidural Abscess: When a Fast Diagnosis Is Necessary
... anterior epidural abscess associated with medullary ...Spinal epidural abscess presentation can be subtle with its presenting complaints ranging in severity from nonspecific back pain to ...
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Group A Streptococcus Spinal Epidural Abscess During Varicella
... dural abscess caused by group A streptococcus (GAS) was ...of epidural abscess caused by GAS in the context of varicella has been re- ...ported. Epidural abscesses are rare in pediatrics and ...
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Mycobacterium bovis Spinal Epidural Abscess in a 6-Year-Old Boy With Leukemia
... spinal epidural abscesses: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis[r] ...
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Epidural Abscess in a 3-Week-Old Infant: Case Report
... is t consequence of the anatomy of the spinal (1110l and the mode of spread of the inflamma- ton process. Dandy10 observed that the epidural 51)aCe was only present dorsal to the spinal [r] ...
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Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis following paraspinal muscle abscess and septic lumbar spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess in a patient with diabetes: a case report
... two epidural blocks over the past 2 weeks for severe back and leg pain secondary to lumbar disc ...an abscess of the left SCJ, with extension into the mediastinum ...
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Spinal epidural abscess: evaluation with contrast enhanced MR imaging
... Additionally, T1weighted contrast-enhanced images were compared with available T2-weighted images to evaluate the conspicuity and extent of epidural involvement as well as to determine a[r] ...
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Upper Cervical Spine Infection Complication of Hypopharyngeal Injury
... anterior epidural and retropharyngeal abscess at the level of C2-C3 associated to compression of the spinal ...the epidural abscess size with progression of the spinal cord compression with ...
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