Spinal epidural abscess

Spinal epidural abscess in a 73-year-old patient. T1-weighted MRI shows epidural lesions (arrow) with surrounding contrast enhancement located at (A) C3/C4 and (B) T7–T9. Insets show corresponding axial sections. Staphylococcus aureus was identified in blood and cerebrospinal fluid.

MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.

Reproduced with permission from: Pfister HW, Klein M, Tunkel AR, Scheld WM. Epidural abscess. In: Infections of the Central Nervous System, 4th ed, Scheld WM, Whitley RJ, Marra CM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2014. Copyright © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health. www.lww.com.

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Spinal epidural abscess