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Long Segment Spinal Epidural Abscess With Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a life‐threatening condition that often presents with non‐specific symptoms, resulting in a delay in diagnosis and treatment.
Bohara S, Karki S, Thapa B, Khanal N, Ghimire B, Bohara S, Pradhanang A, Sharma MR.   +7 more
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Spinal and Intracranial Epidural Abscess

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2009
Presentation, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of spinal epidural abscess (SEA) and intracranial epidural abscess (ICEA) are reviewed by researchers at The John's Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and Universidad de Santander ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Epidural abscess caused by Streptococcus milleri in a pregnant woman

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2005
Background Bacteria in the Streptococcus milleri group (S. anginosus, S. constellatus, and S. intermedius) are associated with bacteremia and abscess formation.
Bearman Gonzalo, Lampen Russell
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Pyogenic psoas abscess on the dorsal side, and bacterial meningitis and spinal epidural abscess on the ventral side, both of which were induced by spontaneous discitis in a patient with diabetes mellitus: A case report

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2021
Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients are immunocompromised, particularly under poorly controlled conditions, and thereby they could develop rare inflammatory diseases, such as spontaneous discitis, pyogenic psoas abscess, spinal epidural abscess and ...
Megumi Horiya, Takatoshi Anno, Mayuko Kawada, Haruki Yamada, Kaiou Takahashi, Haruka Takenouchi, Hideyuki Iwamoto, Fumiko Kawasaki, Katsumi Kurokawa, Hideaki Kaneto, Kohei Kaku, Koichi Tomoda   +11 more
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Epidural Spinal Cord Compression by an Abscess from a Dumbbell Extension of a Non-Osseous Soft Tissue Paravertebral Hydatid Cyst in the Dorsal Region

Advanced Medical Journal, 2023
Background and objectives: Human being may become infested with Echinococcus granulosus, as an intermediate host, ending with the formation of hydatid cyst.
Saleem Khadir Musalah, Muhammad Azeez Sulaiman, Anas Amer Mohammad, Walid Wahab Al-Rawi   +3 more
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Successful treatment of extensive spinal epidural abscess with fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous drainage: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2020
Background Surgical drainage and antimicrobial therapy are the most accepted empirical treatments for spinal epidural abscess. However, surgery may not be indicated when patient’s general health condition is poor.
Masashi Fujii, Tsutomu Shirakawa, Nobuaki Shime, Yasuyo Kawabata   +3 more
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Severe low back pain due to retroperitoneal abscess formation in diabetic patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
We report two cases of diabetic patients with severe low back pain associated with retroperitoneal abscesses. In the first case, multiple retroperitoneal and spinal epidural abscesses were detected.
Masami Ohmori, Eiji Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Harada, Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Hitoshi Ohkami, Haruhiko Tsutsumi, Akio Fujimura   +6 more
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Case Report: Epidural Abscess Following Obstetric Epidural Anesthesia in Vietnam

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021
Lam Duc Nguyen,1 Toan Thanh Vo,2 Cuong Van Tran,1 Tam Thi-Thanh Hoang,1 Phuoc Xuan Vu,3 Kha Dong To,4,5 Ha Thi-Ngoc Doan,1 Anh Duy Nguyen6 1Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Thong Nhat Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 3Bach Mai Hospital ...
Nguyen LD, Vo TT, Tran CV, Hoang TT, Vu PX, To KD, Doan HT, Nguyen AD   +7 more
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Pneumorachis from the cervical to the sacral spinal canal with spinal epidural abscess by gas gangrene

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019
We present a 70-year-old woman with severe diabetes mellitus, who experienced low back pain and left lower leg paralysis. Computed tomography showed air in the spinal canal from C4 to S5, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural abscess from ...
Tomoki Matsuo, Atsushi Tanji, Koichi Tateyama, Yuhei Yoda, Yusaku Kamata, Tadahisa Urabe   +5 more
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Epidural abscess and paraplegia: Delayed sequela of tracheoesophageal puncture

Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2017
We report the case of a patient who developed an epidural abscess several months following primary TEP. Tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) is a common procedure used for speech rehabilitation in total laryngectomy (TL) patients.
Yohan Song, Krista Kiyosaki, Edward J. Damrose   +2 more
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