Spinal epidural abscess post spinal anesthesia: An uncommon complication of a common procedure

Jeevesh Mallik; Vanita Motiani; Manish Pai

doi:10.4103/ajns.AJNS_154_20

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2020; 15(03): 730-732
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_154_20

Case Report

Spinal epidural abscess post spinal anesthesia: An uncommon complication of a common procedure

Jeevesh Mallik

Department of Neurosurgery, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

,

Vanita Motiani

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi

,

Manish Pai

²Department of Neurosurgery, Denver Children's Hospital, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado

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Abstract

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a severe pyogenic infection of the epidural space. Bacteria gain access to the epidural space either by hematogenous spread, contiguous spread from a neighboring infected structure, or through iatrogenic inoculation. The diagnosis of SEA is a challenge, largely because of its rarity. We present here a case of SEA of iatrogenic origin (post spinal anesthesia), which we treated at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.

Key-words:

Hematogenous - iatrogenic - pyogenic - spinal epidural abscess

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