Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report

Epidural abscess is considered one of the most common intracranial infections. We report a pediatric patient with chronic hematopoiesis and thick double periosteal layers who developed an epidural pus collection after epidural hematoma evacuation. This article highlights the importance of detecting...

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Autores principales: Shaabi, Afaf, Moshref, Rana H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868772
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19134
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description Epidural abscess is considered one of the most common intracranial infections. We report a pediatric patient with chronic hematopoiesis and thick double periosteal layers who developed an epidural pus collection after epidural hematoma evacuation. This article highlights the importance of detecting complications from epidural hematoma evacuation, including intracranial abscess and pus formation. Therefore, it is crucial to treat such cases meticulously.
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spelling pubmed-86277052021-12-03 Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report Shaabi, Afaf Moshref, Rana H Cureus Neurosurgery Epidural abscess is considered one of the most common intracranial infections. We report a pediatric patient with chronic hematopoiesis and thick double periosteal layers who developed an epidural pus collection after epidural hematoma evacuation. This article highlights the importance of detecting complications from epidural hematoma evacuation, including intracranial abscess and pus formation. Therefore, it is crucial to treat such cases meticulously. Cureus 2021-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8627705/ /pubmed/34868772 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19134 Text en Copyright © 2021, Shaabi 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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Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title_full Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title_fullStr Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title_short Epidural Abscess Following Epidural Evacuation in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report
title_sort epidural abscess following epidural evacuation in a patient with ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report
topic Neurosurgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868772
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19134
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