title: Tubercular Spinal Epidural Abscess of the Lumbosacral Region without Osseous Involvement: Comparison of Spinal MRI and Pathological Findings of the Resected Tissue.
abstract: We herein present a case of tubercular spinal epidural abscess (SEA) without osseous involvement that mimicked an acute bacterial abscess. This case manifested quite unusual findings not only radiographically, but also clinically compared with previously reported cases of tubercular SEA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Zhangzhou Zhengxing Hospital, China.
authors.forename: QingLong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents