| Autor: |
Eugenio Águila Hurtado, José Vaquer Fernández, Ernesto Ardisana Santana |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta Médica del Centro, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 54-57 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2709-7927 |
| Popis: |
The epidural abscess is a collection of pus in a space, it is presented in five people per 10,000, it is a medical emergency because of the potential risk of spinal cord compression and enables the progression of a irreversible motor defect to cause ischemia or thrombosis of nutritive vessels core. It is presented a male patient of 24 years old, white of urban origin, with a history of apparent health, two months before admission he presented boil in his left elbow and then began with a corresponding picture to the syndrome ponytail. Imaging studies showed the presence of a spinal epidural abscess that was treated with antibiotics and surgery; his evolution was satisfactory. |
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