PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - W Y Wang AU - J E Hernandez AU - B Denny AU - P S Gerard AU - J Horovitz TI - Postradiation colospinal fistula: a rare cause of spinal epidural abscess. DP - 1998 Nov 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 1959--1960 VI - 19 IP - 10 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1959.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1959.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1998 Nov 01; 19 AB - We describe a rare case of spinal epidural abscess, which resulted from a colospinal fistula that developed as a complication of previous surgical resection and radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma. The patient's clinical course and the imaging features of colospinal fistula are described, along with a brief review of the literature.