Spinal Epidural Abscess – A Rare Complication of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Spinal epidural abscess is an uncommon but highly morbid illness. While it usually afflicts older, immunocompromised patients, this condition has been reported as a result of intestinal perforation in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease. Two cases of spinal epidural abscess in patients with in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carl J Brown, Hussein Jaffer, Nasir Jaffer, Claude Burul, Robin S McLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/893757