Radiological studies are the primary means of diagnosing SEA. Enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging study of choice for SEA diagnosis (Greenberg, 2001). The MRI should be done as ...

Involvement of cervical spinal cord by Actinomycosis and consequent cord compression is a rare presentation. As the organism is located in nose and throat, the face and jaw area is commonly affected.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found that cervical discitis and epidural abscess should be considered as a differential diagnosis ...

A 47 year-old man developed mid-back pain followed by numbness and weakness of both legs over the next two weeks, associated with urinary incontinence. He had been treated for Staphylococcus aureus ...

(HealthDay News) — At one medical center, early operative management of cervical spine epidural abscess (CSEA) appeared to offer the benefit of improved neurologic outcome, according to research ...

The classic features of SEA include spinal and radicular pain that progress to weakness over hours to days. Back pain or neck pain with cervical spine involvement, fever, spine tenderness, progressive ...