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Cervical intramedullary spinal cord abscess: A case report

Authors :
Stephen Metting
Soma Sahai-Srivastava
Alexander Lerner
Alexis Perez Rogers
Source :
Radiology of Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 113-116 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Beijing You’an Hospital, 2017.

Abstract

Cervical intramedullary spinal cord abscess is an extremely rare entity. We present a case of a 53-year-old male with a cervical intramedullary spinal cord abscess caused by Streptococcus viridians that presented with 4 days of neck pain and progressive left upper extremity numbness and weakness. The patient was managed with a cervical myelotomy and adjunctive antibiotic treatment.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23526211
Volume :
4
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Radiology of Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....35d53b2143f58ae276dca450b88cebb9