El tumor inflamatorio de Pott (PPT) es una osteomielitis del hueso frontal con un absceso subperióstico concomitante, principalmente secundario a sinusitis frontal complicada. Es infrecuente, pero puede tener consecuencias fatales debido a su alta asociación con complicaciones intracraneales. Presentam...
Most peripartum neurological complications are due to compressive neuropathy secondary to obstetric causes and usually recover sponta- neously. The incidence of permanent neurological injury after neuraxial anesthesia is very rare. The suspicion and rapid evaluation of a possible complication favors a go...
Introducción: el absceso epidural posterolateral y la compresión radicular es una
rara complicación del absceso retrofaríngeo (ARF). Se realizó el reporte de un caso
con esta complicación extremadamente rara. Método: reporte de caso y revisión de
la literatura (estudios radiológicos, historia y ...
Abstract Brucellosis, a zoonosis with worldwide distribution, is a systemic infection caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Meanwhile, brucellosis often causes complications, such as osteoarticular involvement, and spondylitis is the most prevalent and important clinical form. Here, is a case of cerv...
INTRODUCTION: The presence of an active bacteremia has been considered a relative contraindication to perform an intrathecal puncture due to the risk of causing meningitis or epidural abscess. However, a clear and definite causal relationship has not yet been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES: To determine the re...
Summary Spondylodiscitis affecting the cervical spine is the most unusual type. Disease progression can be dramatic, even causing quadriplegia and death. We present an unusual case that progressed with osteolytic lesions between C2 and C3, causing cord compression and epidural abscess. The patient was tr...
RESUMO A rinossinusite aguda é uma das afecções mais prevalentes das vias aéreas superiores. Fatores anatômicos presentes em crianças e jovens propiciam o aparecimento de complicações orbitárias. Embora mais raras, as complicações intracranianas das rinossinusites perfazem um grau alto de leta...
