Korean J Clin Neurophysiol.  2014 Dec;16(2):86-88. 10.14253/kjcn.2014.16.2.86.

Bacterial Meningitis due to Cervical Epidural Abscess

• Kim Y
• Hwang Y
• Park S
• Jeong J
• Lee H
• Park H

• KMID: 1737971
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2014.16.2.86

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Bacterial meningitis; Epidural abscess; Complication

MeSH Terms

Epidural Abscess*
Meningitis, Bacterial*

Figure

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  Figure 1. Initial cervical spine MRI shows enhancing epidural fluid collection (white arrow) at atlantoaxial joint and C1-2 level. This epidural abscess has high signal intensity on T2 and rim-enhancement on T1 enhanced images (A). Follow up cervical spine MRI shows marked improvement of marginal enhancing fluid collection (B).

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