A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature

Serdar Özgen; Muhittin Belirgen; Deniz Konya; Necmettin Pamir

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A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature

Abstract

Epidural abscesses rarely occur in healthy persons who have no predisposing conditions. This report describes a case of lumbar epidural abscess that developed in a young healthy man after the skin of his hand was pierced by a nail.

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English

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Authors

Serdar Özgen This is me

Muhittin Belirgen This is me

Deniz Konya This is me

Necmettin Pamir This is me

Publication Date

December 3, 2016

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February 18, 2016

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Year 2003 Volume: 16 Number: 2

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APA

Özgen, S., Belirgen, M., Konya, D., & Pamir, N. (2016). A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature. Marmara Medical Journal, 16(2), 124-127. https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH

AMA

1.Özgen S, Belirgen M, Konya D, Pamir N. A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature. Marmara Med J. 2016;16(2):124-127. https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH

Chicago

Özgen, Serdar, Muhittin Belirgen, Deniz Konya, and Necmettin Pamir. 2016. “A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature”. Marmara Medical Journal 16 (2): 124-27. https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH.

EndNote

Özgen S, Belirgen M, Konya D, Pamir N (March 15, 2016) A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature. Marmara Medical Journal 16 2 124–127.

IEEE

[1]S. Özgen, M. Belirgen, D. Konya, and N. Pamir, “A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature”, Marmara Med J, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 124–127, Mar. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH

ISNAD

Özgen, Serdar - Belirgen, Muhittin - Konya, Deniz - Pamir, Necmettin. “A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature”. Marmara Medical Journal 16/2 (March 15, 2016): 124-127. https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH.

JAMA

1.Özgen S, Belirgen M, Konya D, Pamir N. A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature. Marmara Med J. 2016;16:124–127.

MLA

Özgen, Serdar, et al. “A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature”. Marmara Medical Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, Mar. 2016, pp. 124-7, https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH.

Vancouver

1.Serdar Özgen, Muhittin Belirgen, Deniz Konya, Necmettin Pamir. A SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF SKIN PUNCTURE BY A METAL NAIL: LUMBAR EPIDURAL ABSCESS Case Report and A Brief Review Of Literature. Marmara Med J [Internet]. 2016 Mar. 15;16(2):124-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA37FJ57PH