[Acute immune epiduritis in a child].
Acute epiduritis is an uncommon disease especially in children. We report an unusual case of acute epiduritis in a child, revealed by characteristic clinical signs and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Given the absence of identified infectious or tumoral cause, and the ineffectiveness of antimicrobial treatment, a therapeutic test with polyvalent immunoglobulins was implemented. Rapid clinical improvement led to the retrospective diagnosis of probable immunological acute epiduritis.
Boumpoutou
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Service de pédiatrie, centre hospitalier de Pau, 4, boulevard Hauterive, 64000 Pau, France. rufinb@hotmail.com
Beze-Beyrie
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P
Guerin
B
B
Couleru
G
G
Bersani
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D
Doireau
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V
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007249:Inflammation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous