A Case of Extensive Sacral Decubitus Ulcer Complicated by an Epidural Abscess
Mai Murata1, Katsuhiro Yoshikawa1, Munehisa Hiratsuka1
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Shiga, Japan; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; and Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open
|August 19, 2016
Abstract:
We herein report a 62-year-old man with an extensive sacral decubitus ulcer complicated by an epidural abscess. An epidural abscess is a rare disease, but it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a deep infection with decubitus. Moreover, the diagnosis may be late in such instances and should be carefully considered when a patient has paralysis.
