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Disease Information for Epidural abscess
- Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Ankle reflexes increased
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Dilated pupil unilateral
- Dilated unilateral/poorly reactive pupil
- Focal neurologic deficit
- Headache
- Headache/worse in afternoon/evening
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- Fever and High Sed Rate
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- Course/Chronic disorder
- Course/Subacute
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- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Acute inflammatory markers elevated (Lab)
- Left shifted differential smear (Lab)
- CSF abnormal
- CSF Protein increased/cells absent
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- Neutrophiles (Lab)
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- Brain abscess
- Subdural hematoma
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- Coma in Children
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- Epidural abscess
- Epidural Mass
- Hemiparesis
- Hemiplegia
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- PROCESS/Infected organ/abscess (category)
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- Synonyms
- Synonym
- Abscess Epidural, Abscess Extradural, Epidural abscess, Epidural abscess (disorder), Extradural abscess, Synonym/Extradural abscess, Synonym/Pachymeningitis abscess
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- Definition
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Circumscribed collections of suppurative material occurring in the spinal or intracranial EPIDURAL SPACE. The majority of epidural abscesses occur in the spinal canal and are associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a vertebral body; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include local and radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, URINARY INCONTINENCE, and FECAL INCONTINENCE. Cranial epidural abscesses are usually associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a cranial bone, SINUSITIS, or OTITIS MEDIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p710 and pp1240-1; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998 Aug;65(2):209-12)
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