RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chemical epidural abscess: case report
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 297
OP 299
DO 10.1136/jnnp.34.3.297
VO 34
IS 3
A1 N. Vijayan
A1 P. M. Dreyfus
YR 1971
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/34/3/297.abstract
AB Spinal epidural abscess accompanies blood-borne infection, vertebral osteomyelitis, or an overlying cutaneous source of infection. This report documents the development of non-infective epidural abscess where the inflammatory response was induced by the highly irritant contents (keratin and cholesterol) of an underlying epidermoid. This was associated with aseptic meningitis.