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*[[Sinusitis]], [[otitis]], [[mastoiditis]] | *[[Sinusitis]], [[otitis]], [[mastoiditis]] | ||
*[[Trauma]] | *[[Trauma]] | ||
*Neurosurgical procedures | *[[Neurosurgery|Neurosurgical procedures]] | ||
*Exposure to expanded polytetrafluethylene | *Exposure to expanded polytetrafluethylene | ||
*Scalp venous catheters in infants | *[[Scalp]] [[venous]] [[catheters]] in [[infants]] | ||
===Spinal Epidural Abscess=== | ===Spinal Epidural Abscess=== | ||
*[[Diabetes mellitus]] | *[[Diabetes mellitus]] | ||
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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]
Risk Factors
Despite sharing some risk factors, the two types of epidural abscesses have some particularities: [1]
Intracranial Epidural Abscess
- Sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis
- Trauma
- Neurosurgical procedures
- Exposure to expanded polytetrafluethylene
- Scalp venous catheters in infants
Spinal Epidural Abscess
- Diabetes mellitus
- Trauma
- HIV infection
- Bacteremia
- IV drug abuse
- Tattooing
- Acupuncture
- Alcoholism
- Continuous bone infection
- Continuous soft tissue infection
References
- ↑ 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.