Department of Radiology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jan 15;35(2):E53-6. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b9764d.
Case report.
We report a rare case of extensive spinal epidural abscess in a patient with diabetes.
Spinal epidural abscess is a very uncommon infection that requires prompt recognition and proper management to avoid potentially disastrous complications. This lesion can expand to compress the spinal cord causing severe symptoms and complications.
Combination of the patient clinical history, physical examination, laboratory results, radiologic and intraoperative findings along with brief related literature review.
We present a rare case of spinal epidural abscess extending to the entire length of the spinal cord in a previously undiagnosed patient with diabetes.
Diabetes is an important condition that can predispose an individual to the development of localized or extensive spinal epidural abscess.
病例报告。
我们报告一例糖尿病患者广泛的脊髓硬膜外脓肿的罕见病例。
脊髓硬膜外脓肿是一种非常罕见的感染，需要及时识别和正确处理，以避免潜在的灾难性并发症。这种病变可扩大并压迫脊髓，导致严重的症状和并发症。
结合患者的临床病史、体格检查、实验室结果、影像学和术中发现，并进行简要的相关文献复习。
我们报告了一例罕见的脊髓硬膜外脓肿病例，该患者为之前未确诊的糖尿病患者，病变延伸至整个脊髓长度。
糖尿病是一种重要的疾病，可使个体易患局部或广泛的脊髓硬膜外脓肿。
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