Spinal Epidural Abscess in a Child with Eczema: A Case Report and Literature Review
| Autor: | YP Tsang, TW Wong, MY Sy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Chronic eczema SKIN EXCORIATION medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Computed tomography 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Spinal epidural abscess Epidural space Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency Medicine medicine Back pain Etiology medicine.symptom Abscess business |
| Zdroj: | Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. 19:411-416 |
| ISSN: | 2309-5407 1024-9079 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/102490791201900607 |
| Popis: | Spinal epidural abscess is rare in children. Early recognition is important to prevent or minimise neurological complications. We report a case of paediatric spinal epidural abscess. An 8-year-old girl, with a history of poorly controlled atopic eczema over the back of neck, presented with back pain and subsequently fever and worsening backache. Diagnosis was made only after computed tomography. Emergency operation with drainage of the abscess was done and vancomycin was given for 5 weeks. The patient made an uneventful recovery with no neurological complications. Bacteraemia from skin excoriation due to chronic eczema was the presumed aetiology. |
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