[Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma: report of one case].
Neurological symptoms of tuberculosis are rare, even if there this pathology has been on the rise for a number of years because of HIV. Intramedullary tuberculoma is an exceptional location. We report the case of a patient with no HIV or immunodepression symptoms with intramedullary tuberculoma, revealed by a clinical presentation of insidious onset of myelopathy. We will discuss the diagnosis, treatment and clinical functional follow-up. The optimal treatment seems to be a combination of microsurgical resection and antibiotic therapy.
Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital de la Timone, 264, boulevard Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery