Study design: Case report.
Objective: We report a rare case of extensive spinal epidural abscess in a patient with diabetes.
Summary of background data: Spinal epidural abscess is a very uncommon infection that requires prompt recognition and proper management to avoid potentially disastrous complications. This lesion can expand to compress the spinal cord causing severe symptoms and complications.
Methods: Combination of the patient clinical history, physical examination, laboratory results, radiologic and intraoperative findings along with brief related literature review.
Results: We present a rare case of spinal epidural abscess extending to the entire length of the spinal cord in a previously undiagnosed patient with diabetes.
Conclusion: Diabetes is an important condition that can predispose an individual to the development of localized or extensive spinal epidural abscess.