title: Concurrent intramedullary spinal cord and intracranial tuberculomas.
abstract: Tubeculosis commonly involves the nervous system, but involvement of spinal cord in the form of intramedullary tuberculoma is rare and concurrent occurrence of cranial and intramedullary tuberculomas is extremely rare. We report a case of concurrent occurrence of intramedullary tuberculoma with multiple intracranial tuberculomas in a young girl from Islamabad, who presented with one month history of paraplegia and with a sensory level at T6. MRI spine showed a well circumscribed lesion opposite T6, which was diagnosed as intramedullary tuberculoma. On cranial imaging, she was found to have multiple round contrast enhancing lesions which were diagnosed as intracranial tuberculomas based on their typical MRI findings. She had complete recovery with conventional treatment of ATT and steroids, without any surgical intervention. The follow-up MRI of patient showed disappearance and complete resolution of most of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. niazi_farheen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Farheen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.forename: Mazhar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Badshah
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irshad
authors.forename: Sohail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D020306:Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000995:Antitubercular Agents