A 56-year-old man sought care from a primary care physician (PCP) 5 days after lifting a
heavy box produced acute, isolated lumbar pain. The PCP diagnosed a lumbar disc …

A 54-year-old female patient was admitted to our department with numbness in both lower
extremities during the past 2 weeks. She had a history of discectomy surgery. Spinal …

Spinal intradural abscess is an uncommon form of pathology carrying poor prognosis,
unless treated immediately. We report a case of a patient treated for intense lower back pain …

Background Subdural spinous abscess is a rare pathology that carries significant morbidity if
not diagnosed and treated early; of the cases reported in the literature, very few are …

The authors report a rare case of extensive spinal epidural abscess in an
immunocompromised young woman. The patient presented with low-grade fever, back pain …

Background: Spinal infections are associated with a wide variety of clinical conditions,
including osteomyelitis, spondylitis, diskitis, septic facet joints, and abscesses. Based on its …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal epidural abscess is an uncommon infection. There are
few reports on extensive epidural abscesses. PURPOSE: We report a case of an epidural …

We herein describe the case of a focal spontaneous spinal epidural abscess who was
initially diagnosed to have a free fragment of a lumbar disc. A 71-year-old woman presented …

Despite advances in medicine, early diagnosis of spinal epidural abscess remains a
challenge to clinicians. The most common symptoms of spinal epidural abscess include …