Answer to case of the month 65. Spinal epidural abscess after epidural anesthesia

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 352-354

  Reddy, E Rajaram ^a,b   Jacob, Jacob C ^a   Murray, Gerald P ^b   Reddy, Hasini ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; CAUDA EQUINA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVE COMPRESSION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CAUDA EQUINA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032730976     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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