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A Case of Deep Neck Infection and Spinal Cord Abscess Related With Acupuncture침술 이후 발생한 심경부 감염과 척수 농양 1예
- Other Titles
- 침술 이후 발생한 심경부 감염과 척수 농양 1예
- Issue Date
- Feb-2022
- Publisher
- 대한이비인후과학회
- Keywords
- Abscess; Acupucture; Infection; Quadriplegia; Sepsis; Spinal cord.
- Citation
- 대한이비인후-두경부외과학회지, v.65, no.2, pp.112 - 115
- Journal Title
- 대한이비인후-두경부외과학회지
- Volume
- 65
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 112
- End Page
- 115
- ISSN
- 2092-5859
- Abstract
- A 66-year-old male patient was initially diagnosed with prevertebral and retroperitoneal abscessafter cervical acupuncture. The patient underwent cervical incision and drainage, andabdominal percutaneous drainage. During postoperative care, quadriplegia was developed,and an epidural abscess of the spinal cord was identified at the fifth and sixth cervical vertebra. Urgent decompression and drainage for spinal cord abscess was performed. Sixteenweeks after decompression, quadriplegia was improved and the patient was able to walk byhimself. We report, along with a literature review, a case of multiple abscesses including spinalcord abscess that developed after a cervical acupuncture.
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- Woo, Joo Hyun
- College of Medicine (Department of Medicine)