Grade-III Paraplegia in Spinal Tuberculosis

Spinal neuroarthropathy after traumatic paraplegia.

Spinal neuroarthropathy is a little-known complication of traumatic paraplegia. Four cases of this syndrome are described, with emphasis on the characteristic radiographic findings of severe juxta-articular bone destruction, dense appositional new bone formation, large osteophytosis, and soft-tissue bony debris. The factors predisposing patients to develop a neuropathic joint are diminished pai...

Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula with Progressive Paraplegia after Spinal Anaesthesia

A case of an iatrogenic spinal arteriovenous fistula with progressive paraplegia in a young woman is reported. The fistula was eventually created after repetitive lumbar punctures performed in the process of spinal anaesthesia. Her symptoms were progressed to paraplegia over a period of 2 years. The digital subtraction angiography demonstrated a single-hole fistula, involving the anterior spina...

Paraplegia due to spinal epidural haematoma.

Paraplegia caused by spinal epidural abscess.

Two patients with spinal epidural abscess, but with different neurological outcomes, are presented. The pathogenesis, clinical features and current treatment are reviewed. The need for early diagnosis is once again stressed.

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Spinal Tuberculosis

Even in an era of remarkable medical advances, there is an issue of why tuberculosis remains in the list of disastrous diseases, afflicting humans and causing suffering. There has not been a plausible answer to this, and it has been suggested that clinicians and medical scientists could presently not win the war against the tubercle bacilli. With regards to this issue, based on the authors' own...