Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess

Human actinomycosis with involvement of the spine is a rare condition, with only a limited number of case reports published. To the best of our knowledge, no cases have been reported of epidural abscess causing destruction of the C2 body, bringing about a direct connection between spinal epidural an...

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Autores principales: Kim, Dong Min, Kim, Seok Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407707
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.1.20
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description Human actinomycosis with involvement of the spine is a rare condition, with only a limited number of case reports published. To the best of our knowledge, no cases have been reported of epidural abscess causing destruction of the C2 body, bringing about a direct connection between spinal epidural and retropharyngeal abscesses. Here, we present such a case that occurred after acupuncture, and we review the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-54028582017-04-25 Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess Kim, Dong Min Kim, Seok Won Korean J Spine Case Report Human actinomycosis with involvement of the spine is a rare condition, with only a limited number of case reports published. To the best of our knowledge, no cases have been reported of epidural abscess causing destruction of the C2 body, bringing about a direct connection between spinal epidural and retropharyngeal abscesses. Here, we present such a case that occurred after acupuncture, and we review the relevant literature. Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2017-03 2017-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5402858/ /pubmed/28407707 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.1.20 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_full Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_fullStr Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_short Destruction of the C2 Body due to Cervical Actinomycosis: Connection between Spinal Epidural Abscess and Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_sort destruction of the c2 body due to cervical actinomycosis: connection between spinal epidural abscess and retropharyngeal abscess
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407707
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.1.20
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