Cervical spinal cord intramedullary abscess. Case report.
A case of progressive symptoms and signs of cervical spinal cord damage due to intramedullary abscess is reported. The literature is reviewed and the radiological features, particularly magnetic resonance image, are analyzed.
Elmac
I
I
Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey. ilhanelmaci@yahoo.com
Kurtkaya
O
O
Peker
S
S
Tuncer
N
N
Adam
B
B
Ozgen
S
S
Ekinci
G
G
Türe
U
U
Pamir
N
N
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata; D008875:Middle Aged; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*