Journals / İzmir Tepecik Eğitim Hastanesi Dergisi / 2021 / Cilt: 31 - Sayı: 2

Spinal Epidural Abscess in an Adolescent (Case Report)

Adolesanda Spinal Epidural Abse (Olgu Sunumu)

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279–282
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He recovered without any sequelae.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Spinal infections in immunocompetent children are very rare.
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Key Findings & Data:In the English medical literature, there are only 31 reported pediatric cases in the last two decades.
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Conclusion & Impact:He recovered without any sequelae.
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Abstract

Spinal infections in immunocompetent children are very rare. But it is a serious infection in the epidural space along the spinal cord. It should be considered in patients with backache, fever, neurological deficits and/or spinal tenderness. There are cases which an etiology could not determined. In the English medical literature, there are only 31 reported pediatric cases in the last two decades. In children with neurologic deficits, surgery combined with systemic antibiotics constitutes the optimal therapy. We report a case of thoracal spinal epidural abscess in a 12-year-old adolescent boy who was immunocompetent and presented with spinal tenderness, back pain and four days of fever. A spinal magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an epidural abscess between T2 and T10 level. An emergent surgical intervention was applied. Cultures remained negative. He was given systemic antibiotics for six weeks. He recovered without any sequelae.

Özet

Spinal epidural apse, risk etkeni olmayan çocuklarda pek az görülür. Ancak, spinal kordon boyunca uzanan epidural boşluğun enfeksiyonu ciddidir. Bu tanı; başağrısı, ateş, nörolojik defisit ve/veya spinal gerginlik yakınmaları olan olgularda düşünülmelidir. Olguların bir kısmında etken bulunamamaktadır. İngilizce tıp yazınında, son yirmi yılda yalnızca 31 pediayetrik vaka rapor edilmiştir. Nörolojik defisiti olan çocuklarda antibiyoterapi ve cerrahi girişim, tedavinin temelini oluşturur. Bu makalede sırtta ağrı, ateş yakınmaları ile başvuran, bağışıklık sisteminde sorun bulunmayan 12 yaşındaki erkek çocukta gelişen spinal epidural apse olgusu sunulmaktadır. Spinal manyetik rezonans görüntüleme ile T2 ve T10 düzeylerinde epidural apse saptandı. Acil cerrahi girişim yapılarak apse drene edildi. Kültürlerde üreme saptanmadı. Altı hafta boyunca sistemik antibiyotik verildi. Olgu sekelsiz iyileşti.

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BADEM, M., BAYSAL, S. U., KARYAĞDI, İ., ÖREN, N., KARABEKIR, H. S., BELET, N. (2021). Spinal Epidural Abscess in an Adolescent (Case Report). İzmir Tepecik Eğitim Hastanesi Dergisi, Cilt: 31 - Sayı: 2, 279–282. https://ajindex.com/articles/347820

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