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A case report of quadriplegia and acute stroke from tracking retropharyngeal and epidural abscess complicated by necrotizing fasciitis
A 59‐year‐old male presented to the emergency department complaining of severe posterior neck pain and progressive extremity weakness for 2 weeks. He was found to be quadriplegic with complete sensory and motor deficits at the C5 level and hypotensive. Diagnostic imaging revealed discitis/osteomyeli...
Autores principales: | Richardson, Christopher, Wattenbarger, Sara |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34378001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12524 |
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