title: Intramedullary tuberculoma of the conus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St Stephen's Hospital, Tees Hazari, New Delhi, India. jaiswal_dr_2002@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Awadhesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Sushila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Sanjeev Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vinod Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Singh Gautam
authors.forename: Sushil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents