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. 2021 May;42(5):1683-1685.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05160-y. Epub 2021 Mar 6.

Quadriparesis caused by retropharyngeal and epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients

Nicolò Gennaro  1   2 , Cristiana Bonifacio  2 , Manuel Corato  3 , Davide Milani  4 , Letterio S Politi  5   6   7
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Quadriparesis caused by retropharyngeal and epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients

Nicolò Gennaro et al. Neurol Sci. 2021 May.
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Fig. 1
Cervical spine MRI showing retro-pharyngeal and epidural abscess, causing spinal cord compression (Case 1) a sagittal and b axial short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) T2-weighted images, and c sagittal and d axial post-contrast fat-saturated T1-weighted images demonstrating a large retro-pharyngeal abscess (yellow arrows) extending in the epidural space (dotted red arrows) and causing cord displacement and compression
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