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- Title
What Is Currently Known about Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess among Children? A Concise Review.
- Authors
Szmyd, Bartosz; Jabbar, Redwan; Lusa, Weronika; Karuga, Filip Franciszek; Pawełczyk, Agnieszka; Błaszczyk, Maciej; Jankowski, Jakub; Sołek, Julia; Wysiadecki, Grzegorz; Tubbs, R. Shane; Iwanaga, Joe; Radek, Maciej
- Abstract
Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses (ISCA) are rare. Typical symptoms include signs of infection and neurological deficits. Symptoms among (younger) children can be highly uncharacteristic. Therefore, prompt and proper diagnoses may be difficult. Typical therapeutic options include antibiotics and neurosurgical exploration and drainage. In this review, we analyze published cases of ISCA among children. Most pediatric cases were found to be under the age of 6 years. The typical symptoms included motor deficits in 89.06%, infection signs in 85.94%, and sensory deficits in 39.06%. Urinary dysfunction was observed in 43.75%, and bowel dysfunction in 17.19%. The predisposing factors included dermal sinuses, (epi)dermoid cysts, prior infection, iatrogenic disorder, and trauma. The most common pathogens were: Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia coli, and Proteus mirabilis. The pediatric population has good outcomes as 45.93% of patients had complete neurological recovery and only 26.56% had residual neurological deficits. Fifteen (23.44%) had persistent neurological deficits. Only one (1.56%) patient died with an ISCA. In two (3.13%) cases, there were no details about follow-up examinations.
- Subjects
SPINAL cord; ABSCESSES; SYMPTOMS; CHILD patients; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; EPIDURAL abscess; DERMOID cysts
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 15, p4549
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm11154549