Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview.
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Torrealba Acosta, G; Josephy Hernández, S; Castro Ulloa, G; Rodríguez Rojas, G
Published in: BMJ Case Rep
November 8, 2017
We present a case of a patient with diabetes with a pleural empyema originated from a pyomyositis process established after a central line procedure. This empyema later on extended into the spinal canal deriving into an epidural empyema, leading towards a spinal neurogenic shock and death. We discuss the anatomical substrate for this extension as well as the anatomopathological findings observed in the autopsy.
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BMJ Case Rep
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1757-790X
Publication Date
November 8, 2017
Volume
2017
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Canal
- Pyomyositis
- Male
- Humans
- Fatal Outcome
- Epidural Abscess
- Empyema, Pleural
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Torrealba Acosta, G., Josephy Hernández, S., Castro Ulloa, G., & Rodríguez Rojas, G. (2017). Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview. BMJ Case Rep, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222019
Torrealba Acosta, Gabriel, Sylvia Josephy Hernández, Gabriel Castro Ulloa, and Greivin Rodríguez Rojas. “Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview.” BMJ Case Rep 2017 (November 8, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222019.
Torrealba Acosta G, Josephy Hernández S, Castro Ulloa G, Rodríguez Rojas G. Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 8;2017.
Torrealba Acosta, Gabriel, et al. “Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview.” BMJ Case Rep, vol. 2017, Nov. 2017. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222019.
Torrealba Acosta G, Josephy Hernández S, Castro Ulloa G, Rodríguez Rojas G. Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 8;2017.
Published In
BMJ Case Rep
DOI
EISSN
1757-790X
Publication Date
November 8, 2017
Volume
2017
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Canal
- Pyomyositis
- Male
- Humans
- Fatal Outcome
- Epidural Abscess
- Empyema, Pleural