Unusual spinal tuberculosis after adequate chemotherapy for lymph node tuberculosis in an immunocompetent man.
A 35 year old man developed paraplegia due to an epidural mass 15 months after completion of a full chemotherapy course for pulmonary and lymph node Mycobacterium bovis infection. His cellular immune function was normal after treatment. It is suggested that the lesion was a granulomatous healing response rather than bacteriological recurrence.
O'Hickey
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, East Birmingham Hospital.
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Skinner
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000209:etiology*