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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Spinal intramedullary abscess due to

Paulo Eduardo Albuquerque Zito Raffa, Rafael Caiado Caixeta Vencio, Andre Costa Corral Ponce, Bruno Pricoli Malamud, Isabela Caiado Vencio, Cesar Cozar Pacheco, Felipe D'Almeida Costa, Paulo Roberto Franceschini, Roger Thomaz Rotta Medeiros, Paulo Henrique Pires Aguiar

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Paulo Eduardo Albuquerque Zito RaffaDepartment of Medicine, Catanduva Medical School (FAMECA-UNIFIPA), Catanduva, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rafael Caiado Caixeta VencioDepartment of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
Andre Costa Corral PonceDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bruno Pricoli MalamudDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Isabela Caiado VencioDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine of Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cesar Cozar PachecoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Santa Paula Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Felipe D'Almeida CostaDepartment of Pathology, DASA, São Paulo, Brazil.
Paulo Roberto FranceschiniDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Roger Thomaz Rotta MedeirosDepartment of Neurosurgery, Santa Paula Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Paulo Henrique Pires AguiarDepartment of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Catholic Pontifical University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Hospital Santa Paula · BRHospital São Paulo · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás · BRUniversidade de Caxias do Sul · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA spinal intramedullary abscess is a rare clinical entity in which patients classically present with a subacute myelopathy and progressive paraplegia, sensory deficits, and/or bowel and bladder dysfunction. We report the second case of spinal intramedullary abscess caused by CASE DESCRIPTION: A 44-year-old female presented with severe lumbar pain associated with paraparesis, incontinence, and paraplegia. She reported multiple hospital admissions and had a history of seizures, having already undergone treatment for neurotuberculosis and fungal infection of the central nervous system unsuccessfully. Nevertheless, no laboratory evidence of immunosuppression was identified on further investigation. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a D10-D11, well-circumscribed, intramedullary mass within the conus, which was hypointense on T1-weighted imaging and hyperintense on T2/STIR weighted. The patient underwent surgery for removal and biopsy of the lesion, which provided the diagnosis of an intramedullary abscess caused by

conclusion

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AbscessCandida albicansCentral nervous systemConus medullarisIntramedullary

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PMID34221606
PMCPMC8247672
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