• J. Korean Med. Sci. · Apr 2007

    Case Reports

    Eikenella corrodens cervical spinal epidural abscess induced by a fish bone.

    • Seong-Ho Jeon, Dong-Chul Han, Sang-Gu Lee, Hyeon-Mi Park, Dong-Jin Shin, and Yeong-Bae Lee.
    • Department of Neurology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, Korea.
    • J. Korean Med. Sci. 2007 Apr 1; 22 (2): 380-2.

    AbstractCervical spinal epidural abscess, caused by fish bone injury and a secondary infection by Eikenella corrodens which is part of the normal flora, has not been reported. A 72-yr-old man came to the hospital with pain in his posterior neck and both shoulders for 2 months. He also was experiencing weakness on his right side for 3 days. A fish bone had been stuck in his throat for about 2 months. Neurological examination revealed right hemiparesis, hypesthesia on the left extremities and neck stiffness. Laboratory findings showed an elevated ESR/CRP and leukocytosis, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a retropharyngeal abscess and cervical myelitis. The patient was treated with emergency surgical decompression and antibiotics. A fish bone was removed from the C3-C4 intervertebral disc space. In the culture of chocolate blood agar and 5% sheep blood agar plate, E. corrodens was detected as a causative organism.

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