A case of acute cervical epidural abscess

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-363

  Kimura, Teruo ^a   Hashizume, Kiyotaka ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuya ^a   Yonemasu, Yukichi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; epidural abscess; laminectomy; MRI; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NECK PAIN; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY ARREST;

ABSCESS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030973535     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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