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Staphylococcal infection of the odontoid peg
1Department of Surgical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
An epidural abscess secondary to osteomyelitis of the odontoid peg produced a sudden left-sided weakness. Appropriate antibiotics, transoral evacuation of the pus and subsequent posterior atlanto-axial fusion were associated with a full recovery.