The lesion is clearly extra-axial and compresses the spinal cord. Emergency surgery demonstrated an epidural abscess with gram positive cocci. Epidural abscesses most often occur from spread through ...

The spinal epidural ... SEA is the thoracic epidural space. In a metaanalysis by Reihsaus et al. (2000), of the 738 patients with SEA, 35% presented with thoracic epidural abscess, 30% had lumbar ...

coli bacterial infections. The type of abscess may depend on the area the infection affects. For example, a spinal epidural abscess occurs when an infection develops in space around the spinal ...

Investigating cases of neurological loss from spinal epidural abscesses in patients who were previously discharged from care centers without diagnostic testing Back pain, fever, and neurological ...

Exploring cases of neurological loss from SEA in patients who were discharged from urgent care and ER departments without diagnostic testing and delays Patients with epidural spinal abscess ...

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare condition; consequently, the clinical significance of early diagnosis often is overlooked. The challenge with SEA is not its treatment, but achieving early ...