Spinal Epidural Abscess Classification [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Spinal Epidural Abscess Classification ======

It is possible to distinguish two types of SEA: primary SEA due to pathogen hematogenous dissemination and secondary SEA resulting from direct inoculation of pathogen. This entity, very uncommon, shows a prevalence peak between the 5th and the 7th decade of life with predominance in males
((Maiese A, Volonnino G, Viola RV, Nelson Cavallari E, Fazio V, Arcangeli M, La 
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)).

see [[Cervical spinal epidural abscess]].

see [[Lumbar spinal epidural abscess]].