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. 2004 Jun;3(2):317-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.01.007.

Spinal cord compression and epidural abscess extension of pleural empyema

Abel Gómez-Caro Andrés  1 , Vicente Díaz-Hellín Gude, Francisco Javier Moradiellos Díez, José Luis Martín de Nicolás
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Spinal cord compression and epidural abscess extension of pleural empyema

Abel Gómez-Caro Andrés et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

We report a case of epidural extension of pleural empyema with cord compression and neurologic deficit. Surgical decompression was required and emergency bilateral laminectomy was performed with removal of abscess and granulation tissue. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus grew in cultures of pleural and epidural specimens and appropriate intravenous antibiotics were started. In spite of early diagnosis and rapid management the patient suffered severe sequelae.

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