Serdar ÖZGEN, Muhittin BELİRGEN, Deniz KONYA, Necmettin PAMİR

A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature

Epidural abscesses rarely occur in healthy persons who have no predisposing conditions. This report describes a case of lumbar epidural abscess that developed in a young healthy man after the skin of his hand was pierced by a nail.

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