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Epidural abscess following catheterization is a rare complication. When it occurs it usually affects cancer patients with poor or suppressed immune response or patients with sepsis. We present a healthy patient in whom an epidural cervical catheter was placed to provide analgesia during rehabilitation of an upper limb and who developed an epidural abscess one month later after few warning signs. We point out the need to suspect this complication and rule it out or confirm it upon the appearance of any sign of meningeal irritation. We emphasize the importance of imaging techniques computed axial tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance for diagnosis and confirmation, to allow for early surgical resolution.
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PMID:[Epidural abscess after a cervical catheter]. 805 47

Epidural abscess of the spinal column is a rare condition that can be fatal if left untreated. Risk factors for epidural abscess include immunocompromised states such as diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, cancer, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, as well as spinal procedures including epidural anesthesia and spinal surgery. The signs and symptoms of epidural abscess are nonspecific and can range from low back pain to sepsis. The treatment of choice in most patients is surgical decompression followed by four to six weeks of antibiotic therapy. Nonsurgical treatment may be appropriate in selected patients. The most common causative organism in spinal epidural abscess is Staphylococcus aureus. Spinal epidural abscess involving actinomycosis is rare.
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PMID:Spinal epidural abscess: a diagnostic challenge. 1199 16