title: Cervical spinal epidural abscess following acupuncture and wet-cupping therapy: A case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Report of an uncommon complication of acupuncture and wet cupping.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 54-year-old man presented with neck pain and fever. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine revealed an epidural abscess at C4 to T2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The symptoms related to epidural abscess resolved partially after treatment with antibiotics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture and wet-cupping therapy should be taken into consideration as a cause of spinal epidural abscesses in patients who present with neck pain and fever. Furthermore, acupuncture and wet-cupping practitioners should pay attention to hygienic measures.
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Yindan
authors: Y
authors: Yao
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Wenke
authors: W
authors: Hong
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Huimin
authors: H
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Qiongfeng
authors: Q
authors: Guan
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Hu
authors: H
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Xianchao
authors: X
authors: Chang
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors: Yaoping
authors: Y
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Neurology, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors: Shanhu
authors: S
authors: Xu
authors: Department of Neurology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China. Electronic address: 13685701750@163.com.
authors: Weinv
authors: W
authors: Fan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Abscess; Acupuncture; Cupping; Epidural; Spinal