Epidural abscess

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)

Also known as: extradural intraspinal abscess, intraspinal epidural abscess, intraspinal extradural abscess, spinal epidural abscess, spinal epidural abscess (disorder), spinal extradural abscess

1450 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 5 tagged with Epidural abscess itself.