Low-grade spinal epidural infection. Report of a case.
A case of spinal epidural sepsis with an unusually indolent course is reported. Four months elapsed between onset of symptoms and initiation of treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging findings were atypical, with a gadolinium-enhanced hyposignal on T1 images but no hypersignal on T2 images. The difficulty of the diagnosis is illustrated by a review of the recent medical literature.
Berthelot
J M
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Department of Rheumatology, Nantes Teaching Hospital, France.
Kolsi
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Maugars
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Caillon
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Prost
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D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology