Spinal extraosseous extradural tuberculoma.
A case of spinal extraosseous, extradural tuberculoma is described. The 42-year-old patient had no other tuberculous lesion detectable elsewhere in his body. Following surgical removal of the tuberculoma the patient achieved complete neurological recovery from a preoperative state of total paralysis in his lower limbs.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery