title: Cervicothoracolumbar spinal epidural abscess and cerebral salt wasting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare infectious disease. However, if left unrecognized and untreated, the clinical outcome of SEA can be devastating.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare clinical presentation of a cervicothoracolumbar SEA with cerebral salt wasting (CSW).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical history, physical and laboratory findings, and magnetic resonance imaging studies of a patient with cervicothoracolumbar SEA and CSW.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report the case of a 15-year-old boy with cervicothoracolumbar SEA complicated with CSW and treated with conservative methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, CSW can be seen at the follow-up period of the SEA and the clinicians must be aware of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. mhmtkose@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Duran
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Altunay
authors.forename: Secil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yikilmaz
authors.forename: Mustafa Kursad
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ozturk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D014640:Vancomycin; D002443:Ceftriaxone