title: Circumferential craniocervical extradural tuberculous granulations.
abstract: A 49-year-old female presented with a 7-month history of progressive quadriparesis. Investigations revealed a circumferential lesion involving the cervicomedullary junction and the upper cervical cord. The firm extradural granulomatous lesion was partially resected. Histological examination revealed that the lesion comprised tuberculous granulation tissue, which resolved on anti-tuberculous drug treatment. We were unable to find a similar report of extradural tuberculous granuloma in our literature search.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India.
authors.forename: Abhidha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Trimurti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: Naina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000473:pathology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*