RT - Journal Article T1 - Adolescence spinal epidural abscess with neurological symptoms: case report, a lesson to be re-learnt JF - MJIRI YR - 2013 JO - MJIRI VO - 27 IS - 1 UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1695-en.html SP - 38 EP - 41 K1 - Spinal infection K1 - Spinal epidural abscess K1 - Antibiotics K1 - Spinal surgery. AB -   Epidural abscess of the spinal column is a rare condition that can be fatal if left untreated. It promptly progresses and can cause neurologic paralysis, urinary retention or cauda equina syndrome. Compromised immune system that occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus, AIDS, chronic renal failure, alcoholism, or cancer is a predisposing factor. It mostly occurs in adults. Here we would like to report a case of spontaneous pyogenic lumbar epidural abscess with neurological deficit diagnosed in a 15 year old boy. We treated this case successfully with surgical microscopic decompression and drainage.     LA eng UL http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1695-en.html M3 ER -