Mycobacterium avium complex spinal epidural abscess in an HIV patient.
Although Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the most common opportunistic bacterial infection in AIDS patients, epidural involvement is rare. A case of MAC spinal epidural abscess without vertebral osteomyelitis, that was continuous with presacral and bilateral piriformis muscle inflammation, is reported.
Rotstein
A H
AH
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia. rotstein@netspace.net.au
Stuckey
S L
SL
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed