A lengthy primary intramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord extending from C4 to D8: A case report.
Spinal intramedullary tuberculoma is a rare cause of spinal cord compression. We report a case that had an intramedullary spinal cord tuberculomas where the diagnosis was made by MRI and biopsy. The clinical presentation was that of a cord compression in a 30-year-old male febrile patient. This case of intramedullary spinal tuberculoma with a longitudinally extending lesion of the cervicothoracic spine from C4 to D8 is presented for the rarity of its presentation.
Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. Electronic address: drvcmnp@gmail.com.
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Chandramouleeswaran
Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
Hazeena P
HP
Philo
Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
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Balasubramaniam
Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
Rajeswari
R
Ramachandran
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Intramedullary; MRI; Spinal; Tuberculoma