Post-traumatic Osteomyelitis with Spinal Epidural Abscess of Cervical Spine in a Young Man with No Predisposing Factor

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an uncommon condition and its most important predisposing factor is diabetes mellitus. Although the treatment of choice is prompt surgical abscess evacuation, followed by antibiotic therapy, successful conservative treatment of SEA has been reported in some cases. We describe a SEA case in a 23-year old white woman with diabetes for 14 years, who was successfully treated only with antibiotics, and achieved full recovery at the fourth month of follow-up.

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Spinal Epidural Abscess Complicating Cervical Spine Fracture with Hypopharyngeal Perforation

Spine ◽

10.1097/00007632-199208000-00018 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 17 (8) ◽

pp. 971-974 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jen-Yuh Chen ◽

Wen-Jer Chen ◽

Tsung-Jen Huang ◽

Chun-Hsiung Shih

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

Epidural Abscess ◽

Spine Fracture ◽

Cervical Spine Fracture ◽

Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽

Hypopharyngeal Perforation ◽

Spinal Epidural

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Isolated subacute tuberculous spinal epidural abscess of the cervical spine: a brief report of a special case

Acta Neurochirurgica ◽

10.1007/s00701-009-0233-5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 151 (6) ◽

pp. 695-696 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Varinder S. Alg ◽

Andreas K. Demetriades ◽

Sunil Naik ◽

Lal Gunasekera

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

Epidural Abscess ◽

Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽

Spinal Epidural ◽

Special Case

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Aggregatibacter aphrophilus spinal epidural abscess

BMJ Case Reports ◽

10.1136/bcr-2020-235320 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. e235320

Author(s):

Antoine Altdorfer ◽

Pierre Gavage ◽

Filip Moerman

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Lower Limb ◽

Rare Case ◽

Epidural Abscess ◽

Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽

Surgical Drainage ◽

Eikenella Corrodens ◽

Aggregatibacter Aphrophilus ◽

Progressive Neurological Deficit ◽

Spinal Epidural

A 76-year-old woman with a rare case of spinal epidural abscess (SEA) that had no risk factors for such type of infection, presented symptoms of back pain, progressive neurological deficit of the lower limb and loss of sphincter control. A gadolinium-enhanced MRI confirmed the diagnosis of an SEA. The patient underwent laminectomy with surgical drainage, where cultures showed the presence of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, a bacterium of the HACEK group (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species), rarely involved in SEA. Following surgery, the patient was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone for 6 weeks, and this gave excellent results.

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Rapidly Progressive Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Abscess

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1155/2016/7958291 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Abdurrahman Aycan ◽

Ozgür Yusuf Aktas ◽

Feyza Karagoz Guzey ◽

Azmi Tufan ◽

Cihan Isler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Epidural Abscess ◽

Delayed Diagnosis ◽

Clinical Findings ◽

Neurological Deficits ◽

Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽

Low Back ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽

Paraspinal Abscess ◽

Spinal Epidural

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare disease which is often rapidly progressive. Delayed diagnosis of SEA may lead to serious complications and the clinical findings of SEA are generally nonspecific. Paraspinal abscess should be considered in the presence of local low back tenderness, redness, and pain with fever, particularly in children. In case of delayed diagnosis and treatment, SEA may spread to the epidural space and may cause neurological deficits. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains the method of choice in the diagnosis of SEA. Treatment of SEA often consists of both medical and surgical therapy including drainage with percutaneous entry, corpectomy, and instrumentation.

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