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Spinal Subdural Abscess Following Food Intoxication: A Case Report

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العنوان: Spinal Subdural Abscess Following Food Intoxication: A Case Report
المؤلفون: Tatsuto Takeuchi, Keiichi Shigenobu
المصدر: Spine Surgery and Related Research, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 86-90 (2019)
بيانات النشر: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Surgery
مصطلحات موضوعية: spinal subdural abscess, empyema, food intoxication, Surgery, RD1-811
الوصف: Introduction: Spinal subdural abscess (SSA) or empyema is a rare pathology and its exact incidence is unknown. Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus) is the most frequently responsible organism. The patients with SSA may have one or more predisposing immunosuppressive conditions. However, here we report a rare case of SSA following food intoxication without any significant comorbidities. Case Report: A 42-year-old healthy man presenting with fever, severe low back pain (LBP), and trunk motion restriction was transferred to our hospital. He had been treated for an unknown fever after food intoxication in another hospital. Eighteen days earlier, he and his colleagues together ate raw horse meat and briefly boiled chicken breast. They all had food intoxication on the following day. Subsequently, our patient began to have a high fever and severe LBP. Laboratory data showed leukocytosis of 16,000/mm3. Also, the C-reactive protein was elevated to 26 mg/dL. The blood culture result was consistent with S aureus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed focal epidural fluid collection that appeared contiguous with the subdural fluid collection through a dural defect in the axial plane on T2-weighted (T2W) images. An emergent surgery was performed. Frank pus was expressed from the epidural space as well as from the subdural space through the defect. The pus later grew S aureus. The patient was started on antibiotic therapy postoperatively. The patient completely recovered 1 month after surgery. Conclusions: SSA following food intoxication is a very rare case. SSA can be identified with a small dural defect and the intrathecal fluid collection compressing the cauda equina in the axial plane on T2W magnetic resonance images. Having suspicion of epidural abscess and likewise subdural abscess and making an early diagnosis using MRI and an emergent surgery are important when the clinician notices a febrile patient with severe LBP and trunk motion stiffness.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2432-261X
Relation: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/3/1/3_2018-0010/_pdf/-char/en; https://doaj.org/toc/2432-261X
DOI: 10.22603/ssrr.2018-0010
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5592d1df45954c8eab1e4ce8673857ea
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5592d1df45954c8eab1e4ce8673857ea
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الوصف
تدمد:2432261X
DOI:10.22603/ssrr.2018-0010