A conus tuberculoma mimicking an intramedullary tumour: a case report and review of the literature.
Tuberculomas of the spinal cord are rare. They usually present as mass lesions with little evidence of systemic illness. We report a case where the diagnosis was only made histologically, emphasising the need to consider infection as a cause of neurological illness in patients from under-developed countries.
Choksey
M S
MS
Department of Neurosurgery, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Powell
M
M
Gibb
W R
WR
Casey
A T
AT
Geddes
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology