Severe low back pain due to retroperitoneal abscess formation in diabetic patients

We report two cases of diabetic patients with severe low back pain associated with retroperitoneal abscesses. In the first case, multiple retroperitoneal and spinal epidural abscesses were detected. Paraplegia due to the spinal epidural abscess was not relieved by drainage of the abscess and subsequ...

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Main Authors: Ohmori Masami, Kobayashi Eiji, Harada Kazuhiro, Sugimoto Koh-ichi, Ohkami Hitoshi, Tsutsumi Haruhiko, Fujimura Akio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600007