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==Classification== | ==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 [[Cranial cavity|intracranial]] and [[Vertebral column|spinal]] epidural abscess | 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=== | |||
In this case the [[abscess]] is limited on the inner side by the cranial [[dura mater]] and on the outer side by the cranial bone. | |||
===Spinal Epidural Abscess=== | |||
Here, the [[abscess]] is limited on the inner side by the spinal [[dura mater]] and on the outer side, by the vertebral bones. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
In this case the abscess is limited on the inner side by the cranial dura mater and on the outer side by the cranial bone.
Spinal Epidural Abscess
Here, the abscess is limited on the inner side by the spinal dura mater and on the outer side, by the vertebral bones.
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.