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Case reports JGIM An Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough Abdominal Pain from a Thoracic Epidural Abscess Foreign Body Aspiration Erle Chuen-Hian Lim, M Med (Int Med), Raymond C.S. Seet, MRCP 1 2 3 Lisa L. Willett, MD, Joseph Barney, MD, Gene Saylors, MD, Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Mark Dransfield, MD Singapore, Singapore. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Spinal epidural abscesses are difficult to diagnose and are associated Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical with high morbidity and mortality. A 61-year-old Chinese woman fell Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and was admitted 5 days later with constant epigastric pain and con- Birmingham, AL, USA; Internal Medicine Residency Program, University stipation. Clinical examination was initially normal. Five days after ad- of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. mission, she developed urinary retention and mild lower limb Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a serious medical problem, causing weakness, progressing overnight to paraplegia. Clinical examination thousands of deaths nationally each year. Clinical presentations range was consistent with a thoracic myelopathy. Neuroimaging showed a from acute suffocation and death to chronic and subtle respiratory paracentral fluid collection compressing the thoracic cord at T8 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of General Internal Medicine Springer Journals

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JGIM An Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough Abdominal Pain from a Thoracic Epidural Abscess Foreign Body Aspiration Erle Chuen-Hian Lim, M Med (Int Med), Raymond C.S. Seet, MRCP 1 2 3 Lisa L. Willett, MD, Joseph Barney, MD, Gene Saylors, MD, Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Mark Dransfield, MD Singapore, Singapore. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Spinal epidural abscesses are difficult to diagnose and are associated Birmingham, Birmingham, AL,...
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 by Society of General Internal Medicine
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Internal Medicine
ISSN
0884-8734
eISSN
1525-1497
DOI
10.1007/s11606-006-0259-9
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Abstract

JGIM An Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough Abdominal Pain from a Thoracic Epidural Abscess Foreign Body Aspiration Erle Chuen-Hian Lim, M Med (Int Med), Raymond C.S. Seet, MRCP 1 2 3 Lisa L. Willett, MD, Joseph Barney, MD, Gene Saylors, MD, Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Mark Dransfield, MD Singapore, Singapore. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Spinal epidural abscesses are difficult to diagnose and are associated Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical with high morbidity and mortality. A 61-year-old Chinese woman fell Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and was admitted 5 days later with constant epigastric pain and con- Birmingham, AL, USA; Internal Medicine Residency Program, University stipation. Clinical examination was initially normal. Five days after ad- of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. mission, she developed urinary retention and mild lower limb Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a serious medical problem, causing weakness, progressing overnight to paraplegia. Clinical examination thousands of deaths nationally each year. Clinical presentations range was consistent with a thoracic myelopathy. Neuroimaging showed a from acute suffocation and death to chronic and subtle respiratory paracentral fluid collection compressing the thoracic cord at T8

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Journal of General Internal MedicineSpringer Journals

Published: May 26, 2006

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