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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Despite sharing some risk factors, the two types of epidural | Despite sharing some [[risk factors]], the two types of [[epidural abscess]] have some specifications, namely: <ref name="pmid15043336">{{cite journal| author=Fountas KN, Duwayri Y, Kapsalaki E, Dimopoulos VG, Johnston KW, Peppard SB et al.| title=Epidural intracranial abscess as a complication of frontal sinusitis: case report and review of the literature. | journal=South Med J | year= 2004 | volume= 97 | issue= 3 | pages= 279-82; quiz 283 | pmid=15043336 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15043336 }} </ref> | ||
===Intracranial Epidural Abscess=== | ===Intracranial Epidural Abscess=== | ||
*[[Sinusitis]], [[otitis]] | *[[Sinusitis]], [[otitis]] and [[mastoiditis]] | ||
*[[Trauma]] | *[[Trauma]] | ||
*[[Neurosurgery|Neurosurgical procedures]] | *[[Neurosurgery|Neurosurgical procedures]] | ||
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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 abscess have some specifications, namely: [1]
Intracranial Epidural Abscess
- Sinusitis, otitis and 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.