SPİNAL EPİDURAL APSEYİ DÜŞÜNDÜREN SERVİKAL DİSK HERNİSİ

Authors : Ibrahim Sun, Burcu Kasapoğlu, Ali Genç, Serdar Özgen, Necmettin Pamir

Pages : 306-309

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Publication Date : 2014-12-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :The differential diagnosis between degenerative and infectious spinal abnormalities can be challenging for neurosurgeons due to the subjectivity of the patient’s symptoms and physical findings, and inconclusive MRI data. This report describes a case of a cervical intervertebral disc hernia with surprising MRI findings suggesting the possibility of an epidural abscess formation
Keywords : epidural infection, cervical disc, MRI