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Case Reports
[Case of spinal epidural abscess after continuous epidural block to manage the pain of herpes zoster].
- Tatsuhito Miyamoto, Toshihiko Nakatani, Yasuhiro Narai, Manabu Sakakibara, Tatsuya Hashimoto, and Youji Saito.
- Masui. 2014 Mar 1; 63 (3): 353-7.
AbstractA woman in her 90's received continuous epidural block for the pain of herpes zoster. Four days after epidural catheterization, she was found with cellutitis. Fourteen days after epidural catheterization, spinal epidural abscess was pointed out on MRI. Since there were no neurological symptoms, we performed conservative medical management with antibiotics. She recovered without sequela When the symptoms of cellutitis appeared after epidural block (even if there are neither neurological symptoms nor infectious signs), there is a possibility of progressing into spinal epidural abscess.
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