Extensive primary epidural abscess. Report of a case.
We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus epidural infection extending from the cervical to the lumbar spine. Findings from the first magnetic resonance imaging study were misleading. The symptoms resolved fully under medical treatment, with no recurrence after 1 year.
Duc
Catherine
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Rheumatology department, CHU Grenoble, France. wpaillas@aol.com
Grange
Laurent
L
Gaudin
Philippe
P
Brun
Frédéric
F
Terki
Rym Kara
RK
Barbier
Laurence Pittet
LP
Phelip
Xavier
X
Juvin
Robert
R
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*