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Images in neonatal medicine
Spinal abscess with spinal cord compression following late onset neonatal sepsis
  1. U Theilen1,
  2. M Stark1,
  3. P Kalima1,
  4. A Watt2
  1. 1Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  2. 2Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Theilen
    Royal Hospital for Sick Children, 1 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, Scotland, UK; ulf.theilen{at}luht.scot.nhs.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.098517

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    A 5 week old male infant presented with a three day history of low grade temperature and irritability. Clinically, right torticollis, pain on neck movement, and flaccid paralysis of the right arm were observed. The tone of the left arm was reduced, but neurological examination of the legs was normal. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a pre-vertebral collection extending into …

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