Erschienen in:
01.07.2010 | Case Report
Acute spinal cord compression due to epidural lipomatosis complicated by an abscess: magnetic resonance and pathology findings
verfasst von:
Giulio Zuccoli, Nicolò Pipitone, Nicola De Carli, Luigi Vecchia, Stefano C. Bartoletti
Erschienen in:
European Spine Journal
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Sonderheft 2/2010
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Abstract
A 68-year-old male presented with rapidly progressive paraplegia. MR images of the thoracic spine were interpreted as being consistent with an abscess within an epidural lipomatosis compressing the spinal cord. Laminectomy was performed, and a large amount of pus was drained from the epidural lipomatosis, from which Staphylococcus aureus was isolated. This is the first reported case of an abscess involving an epidural lipomatosis.