Back Pain

Findings from Harvard University Broaden Understanding of Back Pain

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, January 2nd, 2012

2012 JAN 2 -- A report, "Rapidly progressive lumbar subdural empyema following acromial bursal injection," is newly published data in Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. "Spinal subdural empyemas are rare. We describe a 53-year-old male who presented with back pain, mental status changes, and sepsis," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience report.

"Five days prior he had undergone a triamcinolone and lidocaine injection of the acromial bursa. He also had a remote history of epidural steroid injection for thoracic back pain," wrote J.V. Coumans and colleagues, Harvard University.

The researchers concluded:...

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