Atypical presentation of spinal epidural abscess - prolonged and intractable abdominal pain.
Cheng-Chih Lin,Chang-Pan Liu,Chang-Pan Liu,Chun-Ming Lee,Chun-Ming Lee,Hsiang-Kuang Tseng,Wei-Sheng Wang,Chen-Feng Kuo +7 more
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TL;DR: Clinicians should be aware of atypical presentations of spinal epidural abscess, because delayed diagnosis usually results in complete paralysis even death.
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About: This article is published in International Journal of Gerontology. The article was published on 01 Dec 2009. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Epidural abscess & Back pain.
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Citations
Spinal Epidural Abscess in an Infant Presenting as Fever and Respiratory Distress.
Katherine M. Gupta,Khoon-Yen Tay +1 more
TL;DR: A 9-month-old healthy female presented during winter to the emergency department with a chief complaint of fever and prominent respiratory symptoms and was discharged on oseltamivir with a presumptive diagnosis of influenza.
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Spinal–epidural abscess presenting as an acute abdomen in a child: A case report and review of the literature
TL;DR: The diagnosis of SEA was unfortunately so delayed that the patient did not show any functional recovery postoperatively and the importance of high level of clinical suspicion to recognize an atypical presentation of the SEA is highlighted.
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Spinal epidural abscess.
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TL;DR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, muscle strength at time of admission, and timing of intervention were found to have a statistically significant relationship with outcome, and c-reactive protein, comorbidities, age, sex, and degree of thecal sac compression were discovered to have no prognostic value.
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Rabih O. Darouiche,Richard J. Hamill,Stephen B. Greenberg,Susan W. Weathers,Daniel M. Musher +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed their experience with 43 cases of bacterial spinal epidural abscess, as well as previously reported series of cases, and found a striking male predominance of the disease, accounting for 86% of cases.
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