Holocord intramedullary abscess due to dermal sinus in a 2-month-old child successfully treated with limited myelotomy and aspiration: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 269-274

  Bunyaratavej, Krishnapundha ^a   Desudchit, Tayard ^b   Pongpunlert, Wiroje ^b  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dermal sinus; Holocord; Intramedullary spinal cord abscess; Myelotomy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN;

ABSCESS; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORDOTOMY; DERMAL SINUS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD ABSCESS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUCTION;

ABSCESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUCTION;

EID: 33646110748     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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