Subdural empyema with extension to vertebral canal secondary to salmonellosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
METHODS
A case of supratentorial subdural empyema extending to the superior subdural cervical space in a 14-year-old patient with systemic lupus erythematosus is presented. The presumed etiology of the empyema was an intestinal nontyphoidal salmonella infection.


CONCLUSIONS
We review the neurological and neurosurgical complications in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Alvarez Sastre
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Neurosurgical Service, Pediatric Hospital Niño Jesús, Avda Menéndez Pelayo, 65, 28009 Madrid, Spain.
Villarejo
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López Robledillo
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Martin-Gamero
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Pérez Díaz
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D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000382:microbiology*