Background: Epidural steroid injection is an innocuous and efficient modality of treatment for chronic low back ache due to a multitude of causes, its use being on the rise in recent times. However, a note needs to be made regarding the potentially serious complications following epidural steroid injection including epidural space infection. This condition requires a high index of suspicion for...

UNLABELLED We retrospectively reviewed 10 patients with spinal brucellosis of the thoracic and lumbar spine who were treated successfully with a combination of surgery and antibiotics. All patients had back pain; six patients had radiculopathy and one patient had paraparesis. Patients with spondylodiscitis without epidural abscesses (n = 3) had transpedicle discectomy and drainage. Epidural abs...

A 41-year-old man with recent intravenous drug use presented with 2 weeks of progressively worsening neck and low back pain, four days of bilateral upper and lower extremity weakness, and urinary retention. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a T2/STIR hyperintense posterior epidural collection, suggestive of a spinal epidural abscess (SEA), extending throughout the epidural space of the ...

Brucellosis is an endemic disease in developing countries. The most commonly observed complications include bone-joint involvement, particularly sacroiliitis and spondylitis. Epidural abscesses caused by brucellosis are a rare complication. We describe the case of a 33-year-old man presenting with high fever, back pain, and weakness. At physical examination, the patient was found to be parapare...