Intradural, extramedullary spinal cord compression from tuberculous granuloma.
A 19-year-old girl presented with acute cord compression following treatment for tuberculous meningitis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a posterior compressive lesion between T1 and T4. At laminectomy, an intradural extramedullary tuberculous granuloma was excised. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spinal cord compression occurring from a subdural tuberculous mass.
Cruickshank
G S
GS
Department of Neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Johnston
R A
RA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000382:microbiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology