title: Spinal tuberculoma in a patient with spinal myxopapillary ependymoma.
abstract: Intramedullary spinal tuberculosis is a clinical curiosity. A 19-year-old female was diagnosed and treated for lumbosacral myxopapllary ependy moma (MPE). Three years later, she presented with back pain and hypoesthesia of the left upper limb. Besides revealing local recurrence, the MRI demonstrated a fresh lesion in the cervicomedullary area. The latter was operated and the histopathology revealed a tuberculoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Brijesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Epari
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.forename: Dattatreya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muzumdar
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.forename: Anusheel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munshi
mesh_terms: D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D055815:Young Adult