Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.

Spinal epidural abscesses are uncommon infections of the central nervous system. Delay in making the diagnosis increases the morbidity and mortality because irreversible neurological damage occurs during this time. We report a 45-year-old male who developed an acute sacral epidural abscess following...

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Hauptverfasser: Rustin, M. H., Flynn, M. D., Coomes, E. N.
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Veröffentlicht: BMJ Group 1983
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2417531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6634552
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spelling pubmed-24175312008-09-17 Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection. Rustin, M. H. Flynn, M. D. Coomes, E. N. Postgrad Med J Research Article Spinal epidural abscesses are uncommon infections of the central nervous system. Delay in making the diagnosis increases the morbidity and mortality because irreversible neurological damage occurs during this time. We report a 45-year-old male who developed an acute sacral epidural abscess following a local anaesthetic injection given for the relief of low back pain. We believe this is the first documented case of a local anaesthetic injection causing an acute sacral epidural abscess. BMJ Group 1983-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2417531/ /pubmed/6634552 Text en
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language English
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Rustin, M. H.
Flynn, M. D.
Coomes, E. N.
Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
description Spinal epidural abscesses are uncommon infections of the central nervous system. Delay in making the diagnosis increases the morbidity and mortality because irreversible neurological damage occurs during this time. We report a 45-year-old male who developed an acute sacral epidural abscess following a local anaesthetic injection given for the relief of low back pain. We believe this is the first documented case of a local anaesthetic injection causing an acute sacral epidural abscess.
author Rustin, M. H.
Flynn, M. D.
Coomes, E. N.
author_facet Rustin, M. H.
Flynn, M. D.
Coomes, E. N.
author_sort Rustin, M. H.
title Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
title_short Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
title_full Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
title_fullStr Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
title_full_unstemmed Acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
title_sort acute sacral epidural abscess following local anaesthetic injection.
publisher BMJ Group
publisher_facet BMJ Group
publishDate 1983
url https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2417531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6634552
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