Lee Kyung Whan, Han Soo Jeong, Kim Dong Jun, Lee Mee jin
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha [corrected] Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2008;31(3):319-23. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760732.
To describe a spinal epidural abscess that originated from cellulitis after moxibustion.
Case report.
A 78-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus was diagnosed with tetraplegia due to a cervical spinal epidural abscess extending to the thoracic spinal epidural space. The abscess was caused by osteomyelitis and cellulitis of the right third finger, which had been cauterized repeatedly with moxa. After surgical decompression and drainage of the spinal epidural abscess and comprehensive rehabilitation, motor strength and functional level improved.
This case illustrates the risk of spinal epidural abscess in persons with diabetes mellitus who present with focal cellulitis and osteomyelitis.
描述一例艾灸后蜂窝织炎引发的脊髓硬膜外脓肿。
病例报告。
一名78岁糖尿病女性因颈段脊髓硬膜外脓肿延伸至胸段脊髓硬膜外间隙而被诊断为四肢瘫。脓肿由右手无名指骨髓炎和蜂窝织炎引起,该手指曾多次接受艾灸烧灼。经脊髓硬膜外脓肿手术减压引流及综合康复治疗后,肌力和功能水平有所改善。
该病例说明了患有局灶性蜂窝织炎和骨髓炎的糖尿病患者发生脊髓硬膜外脓肿的风险。