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Infections > Suppuration > Abscess > Epidural Abscess
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Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Perimeningeal Infections > Epidural Abscess
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Perimeningeal Infections > Epidural Abscess

Preferred term

Epidural Abscess  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abscess, Epidural
  • Abscess, Extradural
  • Extradural Abscess

Note

  • coordinate with site + precoordinated organism/infection term + specific CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM infection term

Scope note

  • Circumscribed collections of suppurative material occurring in the spinal or intracranial EPIDURAL SPACE. The majority of epidural abscesses occur in the spinal canal and are associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a vertebral body; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include local and radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, URINARY INCONTINENCE, and FECAL INCONTINENCE. Cranial epidural abscesses are usually associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a cranial bone, SINUSITIS, or OTITIS MEDIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p710 and pp1240-1; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998 Aug;65(2):209-12)

History note

  • 2000

In other languages

  • epiduraalipaise

    Finnish

  • abscessus epiduralis
  • epiduraaliabsessi
  • epiduraaliabskessi
  • epiduraalimärkäpesäke
  • epiduraalinen absessi
  • epiduraalinen abskessi
  • epiduraalinen märkäpesäke
  • epiduraalinen paise
  • extraduraaliabsessi
  • extraduraaliabskessi
  • extraduraalimärkäpesäke
  • extraduraalinen absessi
  • extraduraalinen abskessi
  • extraduraalinen märkäpesäke
  • extraduraalinen paise
  • extraduraalipaise
  • Epiduralabscess

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020802

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