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20647654

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
An 80-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes was admitted due to right-handed muscle weakness. The patient presented with Brown-Sequard syndrome, with complete paralysis of the right lower limb along with a loss of pain and temperature sensations in the left lower limb. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cervical epidural abscess, and accompanying edema or inflammation of the right side of the spinal cord at the C5 level. She underwent drainage and evacuation of the spinal abscess, followed by intravenous antibiotic administration. These interventions ameliorated the neurological deficits. The present case suggests the importance of epidural abscess as a rare pathogenetic cause of Brown-Sequard syndrome in type 2 diabetes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1349-7235
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1391-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Cervical epidural abscess presenting with Brown-Sequard syndrome in a patient with type 2 diabetes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Chibune Hospital, Osaka, Japan. tamori@chp.aijinkai.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports