title: Isolated subacute tuberculous spinal epidural abscess of the cervical spine: a brief report of a special case.
abstract: A tuberculous spinal epidural abscess is seen rarely as a late complication of Pott's disease or in immunocompromised patients. Such abscesses in isolation are rare indeed and very uncommon in the developed and developing world. We report a patient with an isolated subacute tuberculous spinal epidural abscess without disc or vertebral involvement and no primary focus or risk factors associated with the development of spinal tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH164EX, UK.
authors.forename: Varinder S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Alg
authors.forename: Andreas K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Demetriades
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Lal
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gunasekera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents