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Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview.

Gabriel Torrealba Acosta1, Sylvia Josephy Hernández2, Gabriel Castro Ulloa3, Greivin Rodríguez Rojas4.   

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with diabetes with a pleural empyema originated from a pyomyositis process established after a central line procedure. This empyema later on extended into the spinal canal deriving into an epidural empyema, leading towards a spinal neurogenic shock and death. We discuss the anatomical substrate for this extension as well as the anatomopathological findings observed in the autopsy. © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

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Keywords:  Infection (neurology); Neurological Injury; Neurosurgery; Pathology; Spinal Cord

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Year:  2017        PMID： 29122901      PMCID： PMC5695291          DOI： 10.1136/bcr-2017-222019

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  BMJ Case Rep        ISSN： 1757-790X


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9.  Combined spinal subdural tuberculous empyema and intramedullary tuberculoma in an HIV-positive patient.

Authors:  Giovanni Alessi; Marc Lemmerling; Narendra Nathoo
Journal:  Eur Radiol       Date:  2002-09-13       Impact factor: 5.315

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Authors:  Frank R Avilucea; Alpesh A Patel
Journal:  Surg Neurol Int       Date:  2012-11-26
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