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City Burlington / New York / Wayne / Portland / / Company GE / McGraw-Hill / Scheinberg LC / Turner White Communications Inc. / HP / / Facility University of Vermont College / The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital / Maine Medical Center / / IndustryTerm Magnetic resonance imaging / spinal column imaging / / MedicalCondition intramedullary spinal cord abscess / photophobia / Case Report Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess Jennifer L. Hayman / persistent abscess / transverse myelitis / nuchal rigidity / Ganz E. Spinal epidural abscess / epidural abscess / hydrocephalus / chronic abscess / epidural abscesses / infected dermoid cyst / Secondary spinal cord abscesses / urinary retention / DISCUSSION Epidemiology Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses / intraspinal abscesses / Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses / intramedullary spinal abscess / neuroblastomas / childhood cancers / cellulitis / Intramedullary abscess / osteomyelitis / mycobacterial spinal cord abscesses / Inflammatory markers / Leukocytosis / tuberculous spondylitis / several distinct abscesses / Pathophysiology Spinal cord abscesses / myelitis / infections / back pain / infected epidermoid cyst / spinal dysraphia / systemic infection / neurologic symptoms / dermal sinus / sepsis / spinal cord abscesses / intraspinal abscess / tumor / papilledema / acute spinal cord abscesses / sacral epidermoid cyst / myelomeningocele / paraplegia / CNS infections / spina bifida defect / tumors / infectious processes / Intramedullary cervical spinal cord abscess / chills / experimental brain abscess / Guillain-Barré syndrome / complete abscess / stable spinal dysraphia / intramedullary spinal abscesses / progressive neuromuscular disorders / intracerebral abscess / ntramedullary spinal cord abscesses / erythema / fever / abscesses / Spinal epidural abscesses / S. aureus / spinal cord abscess / encephalitis / sarcomas / Acute intramedullary spinal cord abscess / skin abscess / infection / Spinal cord infection / Kataria S. Intramedullary spinal cord abscess / inflammation / serious bacterial infections / meningitis / rash / discitis / abscess / congenital dermoid lesions / Spinal epidural abscess / / MedicalTreatment incision / antibiotics / Neurosurgery / Surgical treatment / physical therapy / drainage / catheterization / antibiotic therapy / / Organization In Hospital / University of Vermont College of Medicine / Maine Medical Center / Department of Pediatrics / Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital / Dartmouth Medical School / / Person Arch Neurol / Miranda Carus / Cord Abscess / Cord Abscess Jennifer / Jennifer A. Jewell / Jennifer L. Hayman / / Position editor / clinical assistant professor / Hospital Physician / Physician / adjunct assistant professor / chief resident / / Product Acetaminophen / dexamethasone / T10 / ceftazidime / ceftriaxone / / ProvinceOrState Vermont / Pennsylvania / / Technology tomography / MRI / Magnetic resonance imaging / Neurosurgery / / URL www.turner-white.com / / SocialTag 
Case Report Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess Jennifer L. Hayman, MD Jennifer A. Jewell, MD ntramedullary spinal cord abscesses are uncommon, especially in pediatric patients. Since the first