Fig. 11
From: Neurosurgical emergencies in spinal tumors: pathophysiology and clinical management
Spinal epidural abscess at the cervicothoracic junction. This patient has a history of multiple prior laminectomies at C7-T2 for recurrent intradural-extramedullary meningioma resection causing SCC. He presented with drainage from the surgical incision 2 weeks after the most recent surgery. Sagittal (A) and axial (B) sections of MRI (T1-weighted, post-contrast) reveal an early epidural abscess along the left dorsal aspect of the spinal canal at T1–T2 (yellow arrows) and a large seroma (white arrow) bounded by inflamed paraspinal muscle. This is consistent with postoperative wound infection