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2022


Surg Neurol Int


13

Spinal epidural abscess due to acute pyelonephritis.

Authors

Scalia G, Marrone S, Paolini F, Palmisciano P, Ponzo G, Giuffrida M, Furnari M, Iacopino D G, Nicoletti G F, Umana G E
Surg Neurol Int. 2022; 13:159.
PMID: 35509571.

Abstract

Spinal epidural abscesses are rare and are misdiagnosed in up to 75% of cases. Fever, back pain, and neurological deficits are part of the classical triad. Here, the authors report a patient with a L2-L5 spinal epidural abscess with the left paravertebral extension attributed to acute pyelonephritis.