Intramedullary tuberculoma of the conus.
We present a conus medullaris tuberculoma in a 12-year-old girl. She presented with low backache, weakness of both lower limbs and urinary disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a D10-L1 intramedullary mass. The tumour was excised and the biopsy was suggestive of tuberculoma. The patient received antituberculous therapy postoperatively and improved. The relevant literature is discussed briefly.
Jaiswal
Awadhesh Kumar
AK
Department of Neurosurgery, St Stephen's Hospital, Tees Hazari, New Delhi, India. jaiswal_dr_2002@yahoo.co.in
Jaiswal
Sushila
S
Gupta
Sanjeev Kumar
SK
Singh Gautam
Vinod Kumar
VK
Kumar
Sushil
S
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D000995:Antitubercular Agents