Crohn's Disease Complicated by Meningitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1428-1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Wallace ◽  
M. Luchi
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Epidural Abscess ◽  
Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽  
Spinal Epidural

Spinal epidural abscess as a complication of Crohn's disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e497-e498
Author(s):  
Deniz Çebi Olgun ◽  
Cesur Samancı ◽  
Fethi Emre Ustabaşıoglu ◽  
Selim Bakan ◽  
Okan Akıncı ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Epidural Abscess ◽  
Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽  
Spinal Epidural

scholarly journals Spinal epidural abscess - a rare complication of Crohn's disease: case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 712-714
Author(s):  
Karolina Poredská ◽  
Vladimír Zbořil ◽  
Lucie Prokopová ◽  
Lenka Kučerová ◽  
Milan Dastych ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Epidural Abscess ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Spinal Epidural Abscess ◽  
Disease Case ◽  
Spinal Epidural

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus spinal epidural abscess

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.

scholarly journals Rapidly Progressive Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Abscess

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Abdurrahman Aycan ◽  
Ozgür Yusuf Aktas ◽  
Feyza Karagoz Guzey ◽  
Azmi Tufan ◽  
Cihan Isler ◽  
...  
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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