BACKGROUND Tuberculous radiculomyelitis(TBRM) is one of the complications of neurological tuberculosis and includes cases of arachnoiditis, intradural spinal tuberculoma or granuloma, and spinal cord complications of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Here, we report a case of TBRM which presented with acute paraplegia. CASE DETAILS Neurological examination on admission revealed flaccid paralysis,...

Objectives: To assess the neurological improvement after decompression for dorsal spine tuberculosis in terms of Frankel grading.
 Materials and Method: Prospective study was done Neurosurgery department, Prime Teaching Hospital Peshawar from 2018 to 2021. Patients both genders aged between 18 60 years were selected while those unfit surgery or requiring conservative management excluded st...

Tuberculosis combined with brucellosis is a very rare condition. Overlapping clinical presentation and laboratory parameters of tuberculosis and brucellosis may lead to misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of the condition. The current study presents the case of a 45-year-old male with symptoms of lower back pain, non-tender swelling in the right flank, intermittent hyperpyrexia, sweating, body ac...

Instances of neurological recovery after early decompression of the spine in non-traumatic spinal cord compression are well documented. We present a patient with paraplegia of 11 months' duration due to atypical spinal tuberculosis who showed complete neurological recovery in three months.

The incidence of spinal tuberculosis is increasing in developed nations. In Ireland, half of all cases seen in the most recent decade for which figures are available were diagnosed in 2005-2007, the three most recent years for which there is complete data. We discuss a patient who presented with neurological complications due to destructive spinal tuberculous disease affecting the sixth cervica...

Background:
 Spondylitis TB is an infection of Mycobacterium involving the spine. The course spondylitis relatively indolent. This study was conducted to evaluate clinical presentation and a goal surgery in two patients who had been operated for tuberculosis (TB) Siti Rahmah Hospital during Covid-19 pandemic.
 Case Report:
 1, A 24-year-old woman, presented emergency department w...

Background: Tuberculosis of the spine is a serious manifestation disease that causes debilitating injury. In HIV positive patients incidence skeletal tuberculosis increases to 60%. The MRI has become gold standard for diagnosis and preoperative planning in spinal TB. objective this study was assess impact status on findings at tertiary public hospital Pune, India. Methods: This retrospective TB...

In neurologically intact patients with isolated tuberculosis of the posterior spinal elements, surgical intervention can be of benefit in select patients by reducing instability, deformity and late complications.

Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a major health problem that causes significant morbidity and mortality in the world [1]. The first evidence of TB in men and animals is provided by bone findingsmainly fragments of the vertebra showing the gibbus deformity of Pott disease [2]. The oldest examples of spinal TB was about date of 8000 BC. Because of the symptom variet...