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ArticleCureus2026

Pan-Spinal Epidural Abcess: Multidisciplinary Management of a Rare and Life-Threatening Condition.

Pedro Oliveira, Maria E Batista, Miguel Barbosa, Joana Vaz, André Borges

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Pedro OliveiraDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Curry Cabral, Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, Lisbon, PRT.
Maria E BatistaDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Curry Cabral, Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, Lisbon, PRT.
Miguel BarbosaDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Curry Cabral, Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, Lisbon, PRT.
Joana VazDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, PRT.
André BorgesDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Curry Cabral, Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, Lisbon, PRT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the case of a 28-year-old male with a history of intravenous drug use who presented with low back pain, progressive paraparesis, fever, and respiratory distress. MRI revealed an extensive epidural abscess from C1 to the sacrum with associated paraspinal muscle collections. Within 24 hours, he underwent staged cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar laminectomies with drainage of purulent material, which cultured methicillin-resistant

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case reporthyperbaric oxygen therapylaminectomypan-spinal abscessspinal epidural abscess

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PMID41694878
PMCPMC12904307

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