Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case

An elderly diabetic gentleman developed epidural abscess several days after traumatic esophageal perforation secondary to flexion-extension injury of the cervical spine in a road traffic accident. The patient underwent high-resolution ultrasonography of the neck along with noncontrast computed tomog...

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Main Authors: Anchal Awasthi, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ahemadullah Shaikh, Saurabh Kumar Verma, Shuchi Singh
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Sunil Kumar Singh
Ahemadullah Shaikh
Saurabh Kumar Verma
Shuchi Singh
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description An elderly diabetic gentleman developed epidural abscess several days after traumatic esophageal perforation secondary to flexion-extension injury of the cervical spine in a road traffic accident. The patient underwent high-resolution ultrasonography of the neck along with noncontrast computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine, which showed collection in soft tissue of the neck region along with epidural abscesses and osteophytes at multiple levels. However, due to the rarity of cervical esophageal perforation due to vertebral osteophytes, esophageal perforation was missed and was only diagnosed during the second admission of the patient, about 1 month later, when he presented with progressive quadriparesis. We present an extremely rare case of cervical esophageal perforation due to a flexion-extension injury.
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spelling doaj-art-82e70a3f33434fafbb7ab074fff381cc2025-08-20T03:37:37ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-916710.1055/s-0044-1786975Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare CaseAnchal Awasthi0Sunil Kumar Singh1Ahemadullah Shaikh2Saurabh Kumar Verma3Shuchi Singh4Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAn elderly diabetic gentleman developed epidural abscess several days after traumatic esophageal perforation secondary to flexion-extension injury of the cervical spine in a road traffic accident. The patient underwent high-resolution ultrasonography of the neck along with noncontrast computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine, which showed collection in soft tissue of the neck region along with epidural abscesses and osteophytes at multiple levels. However, due to the rarity of cervical esophageal perforation due to vertebral osteophytes, esophageal perforation was missed and was only diagnosed during the second admission of the patient, about 1 month later, when he presented with progressive quadriparesis. We present an extremely rare case of cervical esophageal perforation due to a flexion-extension injury.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786975cervical osteophytesepidural abscessesophageal perforationquadriparesis
spellingShingle Anchal Awasthi
Sunil Kumar Singh
Ahemadullah Shaikh
Saurabh Kumar Verma
Shuchi Singh
Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
cervical osteophytes
epidural abscess
esophageal perforation
quadriparesis
title Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
title_full Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
title_fullStr Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
title_full_unstemmed Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
title_short Quadriparesis Following Intrinsic Traumatic Esophageal Perforation: Report of a Rare Case
title_sort quadriparesis following intrinsic traumatic esophageal perforation report of a rare case
topic cervical osteophytes
epidural abscess
esophageal perforation
quadriparesis
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786975
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