Unsterile Subcutaneous Insulin Injections Causing Psoas and Spinal Epidural Abscesses

Spinal epidural and psoas abscesses have been found to occur together. Most cases described in the literature have been secondary to either hematogenous spread or direct invasion. Risk factors include intravenous drug use and immunosuppression. This case highlights the risk of the use of unsterile s...

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Autores principales: Ezeh, Ebubechukwu, Akhigbe, Esiemoghie J, Simmons, Joseph, Suliman, Mohamed, Shweihat, Yousef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18715
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author Ezeh, Ebubechukwu
Akhigbe, Esiemoghie J
Simmons, Joseph
Suliman, Mohamed
Shweihat, Yousef
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description Spinal epidural and psoas abscesses have been found to occur together. Most cases described in the literature have been secondary to either hematogenous spread or direct invasion. Risk factors include intravenous drug use and immunosuppression. This case highlights the risk of the use of unsterile subcutaneous insulin injections leading to psoas abscess, which can be complicated by a spinal epidural abscess.
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spelling pubmed-85840582021-11-16 Unsterile Subcutaneous Insulin Injections Causing Psoas and Spinal Epidural Abscesses Ezeh, Ebubechukwu Akhigbe, Esiemoghie J Simmons, Joseph Suliman, Mohamed Shweihat, Yousef Cureus Internal Medicine Spinal epidural and psoas abscesses have been found to occur together. Most cases described in the literature have been secondary to either hematogenous spread or direct invasion. Risk factors include intravenous drug use and immunosuppression. This case highlights the risk of the use of unsterile subcutaneous insulin injections leading to psoas abscess, which can be complicated by a spinal epidural abscess. Cureus 2021-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8584058/ /pubmed/34790470 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18715 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ezeh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Simmons, Joseph
Suliman, Mohamed
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584058/
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