Tuberculous meningitis presenting as an obstructive myelopathy. Case report.
Subacute paraplegia progressing over 3 months due to spinal cord compression was the presenting symptom of tuberculous meningitis in this patient with a normal chest x-ray film and no radiological or autopsy evidence of Pott's vertebral tuberculosis. The obstructive myelopathy was the result of proliferative granulomatous meningitis. A review of the literature indicates that this is a very unusual presentation of tuberculous meningitis.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery