Journal article
Cervicothoracolumbar spinal epidural abscess and cerebral salt wasting
Abstract
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare infectious disease. However, if left unrecognized and untreated, the clinical outcome of SEA can be devastating.
PURPOSE: To report a rare clinical presentation of a cervicothoracolumbar SEA with cerebral salt wasting (CSW).
Authors
Kose M; Arslan D; Altunay L; Erdogan S; Yikilmaz A; Ozturk MK
Journal
The Spine Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. e1–e5
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.spinee.2007.12.003
ISSN
1529-9430