Author/Authors :
Sales، Jafar Ganjpour نويسنده MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics Surgery, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Shohada Hospital , , Dastranj Tabrizi، Ali نويسنده Associate Professor of Pathology, Womens Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. , , Elmi، Asghar نويسنده MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics Surgery, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Shohada Hospital , , Soleimanpour، Jafar نويسنده MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics Surgery, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Shohada Hospital , , Gavidel، Ehsan نويسنده MD, Resident of Orthopedics surgery, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Shohada Hospital ,
Abstract :
Epidural abscess of the spinal column is a rare condition that can be fatal if left untreated. It promptly pro-gresses and can cause neurologic paralysis, urinary retention or cauda equina syndrome. Compromised im-mune system that occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus, AIDS, chronic renal failure, alcoholism, or cancer is a predisposing factor. It mostly occurs in adults. Here we would like to report a case of spontaneous pyogenic lumbar epidural abscess with neurological deficit diagnosed in a 15 year old boy. We treated this case success-fully with surgical microscopic decompression and drainage.
