title: A conus tuberculoma mimicking an intramedullary tumour: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choksey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Geddes
mesh_terms: 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