epidural abscess
Findings
No curated finding names epidural abscess yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005752), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: epidural abscess
- Also called
- extradural intraspinal abscessintraspinal epidural abscessintraspinal extradural abscessspinal epidural abscessspinal epidural abscess (disorder)spinal extradural abscess