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An epidural abscess is an suppurative infection of the [[central nervous system]], a collection of [[pus]] localised in the [[epidural space]] lying outside the [[dura mater]]. It will be classified, according to its location, in [[Cranial cavity|intracranial]] and [[Vertebral column|spinal]] epidural abscess. <ref name="DannerHartman1987">{{cite journal|last1=Danner|first1=R. L.|last2=Hartman|first2=B. J.|title=Update of Spinal Epidural Abscess: 35 Cases and Review of the Literature|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=9|issue=2|year=1987|pages=265–274|issn=1058-4838|doi=10.1093/clinids/9.2.265}}</ref> | An epidural abscess is an suppurative [[infection]] of the [[central nervous system]], a collection of [[pus]] localised in the [[epidural space]], lying outside the [[dura mater]]. It will be classified, according to its location, in [[Cranial cavity|intracranial]] and [[Vertebral column|spinal]] [[epidural abscess]]. <ref name="DannerHartman1987">{{cite journal|last1=Danner|first1=R. L.|last2=Hartman|first2=B. J.|title=Update of Spinal Epidural Abscess: 35 Cases and Review of the Literature|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=9|issue=2|year=1987|pages=265–274|issn=1058-4838|doi=10.1093/clinids/9.2.265}}</ref> | ||
===Intracranial Epidural Abscess=== | ===Intracranial Epidural Abscess=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Classification
An epidural abscess is an suppurative infection of the central nervous system, a collection of pus localised in the epidural space, lying outside the dura mater. It will be classified, according to its location, in intracranial and spinal epidural abscess. [1]
Intracranial Epidural Abscess
The abscess is limited on the inner side by the cranial dura mater and on the outer side by the cranial bone. [2]
Spinal Epidural Abscess
The abscess is limited on the inner side by the spinal dura mater and on the outer side, by the bony vertebral canal. [3]
References
- ↑ Danner, R. L.; Hartman, B. J. (1987). "Update of Spinal Epidural Abscess: 35 Cases and Review of the Literature". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 9 (2): 265–274. doi:10.1093/clinids/9.2.265. ISSN 1058-4838.
- ↑ Fountas KN, Duwayri Y, Kapsalaki E, Dimopoulos VG, Johnston KW, Peppard SB; et al. (2004). "Epidural intracranial abscess as a complication of frontal sinusitis: case report and review of the literature". South Med J. 97 (3): 279–82, quiz 283. PMID 15043336.
- ↑ Strauss I, Carmi-Oren N, Hassner A, Shapiro M, Giladi M, Lidar Z (2013). "Spinal epidural abscess: in search of reasons for an increased incidence". Isr Med Assoc J. 15 (9): 493–6. PMID 24340840.