Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
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Case Reports
[Purulent osteomyelitis with epidural abcess in an adult over a decade after cervical spine injury].
Cervical osteomyelitis and epidural abscess are rare and potentially fatal conditions with severe neurological manifestations. Changes on plain radiography and computed tomography are non-specific, while contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging shows high sensitivity and specificity in establishing early diagnosis.