Epidural abscess
Alternate Names : Abscess - epidural, Spinal abscess
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Epidural Abscess
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Epidural abscess is a rare disorder caused by infection in the area between the bones of the skull or spine, and the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
Epidural abscess
An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process or other foreign materials . It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of...
An epidural abscess is a medical emergency.
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David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Unviersity of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M.
Spinal epidural abscesses usually occur in the thoracic or lumbar regions.
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Intracranial Epidural Abscess
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Epidural abscess: a build up of pus and bacteria outside the spinal cord can cause compression and damage
Tuberculosis: TB causes localised areas of inflammation and growth that leads to compression.
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With spinal epidural abscess, the prognosis improves if the condition is rapidly diagnosed; overall, the mortality rate is 2% to 20% (Wallace).
infections - such as meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and epidural abscess ...
Infections near the brain or spinal cord, such as epidural abscesses
Fungi
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Some cancers (cause a syndrome similar to meningitis)
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Infections in the spinal canal (spinal epidural abscess) can cause deformity of the nerve roots and spinal column.
Symptoms generally include severe back pain and rapidly worsening muscle weakness.
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Destruction of the mastoid bone
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The infection often begins in the bone (osteomyelitis). The bone infection may cause an epidural abscess to form. This abscess gets larger and presses on the spinal cord.
The disorder is rare, but may be life-threatening.
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Darouiche, Rabih O., et al. "Bacterial Spinal Epidural Abscess: Review of 43 Cases and Literature Survey." Medicine 71 no. 6 (1992): 369.
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The bone infection may trigger formation of an epidural abscess which enlarges and rapidly compresses the spinal cord, causing symptoms similar to those caused by exterior sources of spinal cord trauma.
Other complications, such as convulsions (fits), breathing difficulty and damage to nerves are rare. Permanent disabling nerve damage, epidural abscess (infection), ...
Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Â- Demyelinating disease (Transverse myelitis) Â- Tropical spastic paraparesis Â- Epidural abscess
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Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated)
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Causes of cauda equina syndrome include herniation of lumbar intervertebral discs, abnormal growths (tumor or cancer) adjacent to the lower spinal cord, localized infection near the spinal cord (epidural abscess), ...
and symptoms of meningitis, but bacteria do not grow in culture. Many different things can cause aseptic meningitis including viruses, fungi, tuberculosis, some medications, and infections near the brain or spinal cord, such as epidural abscesses.
and spondylitic disease causes pain, muscle spasm and inflammation. Inflammations such as arachnoiditis and arthritis cause lower back pain as do bacterial or viral infections such as meningitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, epidural abscess or ...
Recent bacterial infection, injection drug use, or immune suppression (from steroids, chemotherapy, or HIV) should raise suspicion for infection. Fever occurs in osteomyelitis (50%), epidural abscess (83%), and tuberculosis (27%).
 See also: Abscess, Infections, Symptom, Surgery, Bacterial
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