Ghosh Partha Sekhar, Loddenkemper Tobias, Blanco Manuel Buitrago, Marks Michelle, Sabella Camille, Ghosh Debabrata
Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
J Child Neurol. 2009 Jun;24(6):768-71. doi: 10.1177/0883073808329524.
Spinal epidural abscess is rare in infants and leads to major permanent neurological deficits if the condition is left untreated. Holocord epidural abscess is extremely rare. We report a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia presenting with pneumonia, retroperitoneal abscess, and epidural abscess. A 7-month-old previously healthy girl presented with fever, irritability, tachypnea for 4 days and decreased movement of the right lower limb for 1 day. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine demonstrated an extensive epidural abscess from second cervical to fifth lumbar vertebrae without osteomyelitis or discitis. The epidural abscess was treated with intravenous antibiotics for 6 weeks. At 3 months follow-up, no neurological deficits were present. Only a few case reports of holocord epidural abscess in children have been published. We present a case of conservatively treated holocord spinal abscess in an infant.
脊柱硬膜外脓肿在婴儿中较为罕见,若不治疗会导致严重的永久性神经功能缺损。全脊髓硬膜外脓肿极为罕见。我们报告一例耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌败血症患者,伴有肺炎、腹膜后脓肿和硬膜外脓肿。一名7个月大、此前健康的女孩出现发热、烦躁、呼吸急促4天,右下肢活动减少1天。脊柱磁共振成像显示从第二颈椎至第五腰椎有广泛的硬膜外脓肿,无骨髓炎或椎间盘炎。硬膜外脓肿接受了6周的静脉抗生素治疗。随访3个月时,未出现神经功能缺损。儿童全脊髓硬膜外脓肿仅有少数病例报告发表。我们报告一例婴儿全脊髓脊柱脓肿保守治疗的病例。
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