title: Sterile recurrent spinal epidural abscess in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The frequency of SEA is increasing. There are several well-established predisposing factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our case presents certain unusual features that include an association with CD, persistent sterile cultures, and multiple recurrences of lesions at adjacent levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A review of the literature showed only 13 case reports of SEA in patients with CD with an additional patient mentioned in one series. Recurrence of SEA at the same location was reported only twice. The diagnostic workup and treatment modalities pertinent to this case are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery of the University of Washington and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98195-3470, USA.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelfenbeyn
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goodkin
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kliot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology