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MeSH Heading: Epidural Abscess
Tree Number(s): C01.207.709.350; C01.830.025.325; C10.228.228.300; C10.228.228.709.350
Unique ID: D020802
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020802
Annotation: coordinate with site + precoordinated organism/infection term + specific CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM infection term
Scope Note: Circumscribed collections of suppurative material occurring in the spinal or intracranial EPIDURAL SPACE. The majority of epidural abscesses occur in the spinal canal and are associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a vertebral body; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include local and radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, URINARY INCONTINENCE, and FECAL INCONTINENCE. Cranial epidural abscesses are usually associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a cranial bone, SINUSITIS, or OTITIS MEDIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p710 and pp1240-1; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998 Aug;65(2):209-12)
Entry Term(s): Abscess, Epidural; Abscess, Extradural; Cranial Epidural Abscess; Cranial Extradural Abscess; Epidural Abscess, Intracranial; Epidural Abscess, Spinal; Intracranial Extradural Abscess; Spinal Epidural Abscess; Spinal Extradural Abscess
Previous Indexing: Abscess/complications (1966-1999); Spinal Cord Compression/etiology (1966-1999); Spinal Cord Diseases (1967-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Infections [C01]
- Central Nervous System Infections [C01.207]
  - Perimeningeal Infections [C01.207.709]

Infections [C01]
- Suppuration [C01.830]
  - Abscess [C01.830.025]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Central Nervous System Infections [C10.228.228]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Central Nervous System Infections [C10.228.228]
    - Perimeningeal Infections [C10.228.228.709]

Epidural Abscess Preferred

Concept UI: M0328385
Scope Note: Circumscribed collections of suppurative material occurring in the spinal or intracranial EPIDURAL SPACE. The majority of epidural abscesses occur in the spinal canal and are associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a vertebral body; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include local and radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, URINARY INCONTINENCE, and FECAL INCONTINENCE. Cranial epidural abscesses are usually associated with OSTEOMYELITIS of a cranial bone, SINUSITIS, or OTITIS MEDIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p710 and pp1240-1; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998 Aug;65(2):209-12)
Terms: Epidural Abscess Preferred Term
Term UI T358385
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Abscess, Epidural
Term UI T367630
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Abscess, Extradural
Term UI T367631
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Cranial Epidural Abscess Narrower

Concept UI: M0334923
Terms: Cranial Epidural Abscess Preferred Term
Term UI T367632
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cranial Extradural Abscess
Term UI T367633
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Epidural Abscess, Intracranial
Term UI T367634
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Intracranial Extradural Abscess
Term UI T367635
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Epidural Abscess, Spinal Narrower

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