title: Intramedullary spinal cord abscess: case report.
abstract: Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses are rare lesions with a poor prognosis unless diagnosed and treated promptly. We report a case of a Nigerian man with tuberculous meningitis that was complicated by an intraspinal cord abscess and was treated surgically. The literature regarding this uncommon clinical entity is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, England.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tacconi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arulampalam
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*