Metachronous occurrence of an intramedullary abscess following radical excision of a cervical intramedullary pilocytic astrocytoma

Neurol India. 2013 May-Jun;61(3):322-4. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.115089.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / etiology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Astrocytoma / surgery*
  • Cefuroxime / administration & dosage
  • Cefuroxime / pharmacology
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / pathogenicity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / complications*
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Spinal Cord Diseases* / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases* / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cefuroxime