Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease in Nigeria and other developing countries of the world. Extrapulmonary TB may involve any organ systems, and signs and symptoms are non specific. The presenting symptom of spinal TB (Pott’s disease) is usually spinal pain. When a patient presents with hemiparesis it may be mistaken for a stroke. This report describes a 53-year-old man who had P...

Background Tuberculous and brucellar spondylodiscitis are still a frequent condition in the Mediterranean countries [1]. Management of may require surgical procedures case spinal cord or root compression, bone destructions deformities, unsuccessful medical treatment large abscesses. Objectives To study characteristics outcome surgically treated tuberculous spondylodiscitis. Methods Medical reco...

Abstract. A 17-year-old man who presented with progressive quadriparesis is reported. About 8 months prior to admission, he had miliary tuberculosis, and that improved with anti-tuberculous therapy. He had also developed tuberculous meningitis and tuberculous myelitis, respectively. He regularly took anti-tuberculous drugs until this illness. Neurological findings were compatible with cervical ...

SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS: The aim of these guidelines is to describe a practical but evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system tuberculosis in children and adults. We have presented guidance on tuberculous meningitis (TBM), intra-cerebral tuberculoma without meningitis, and tuberculosis affecting the spinal cord. Our key recommendations are as follo...

1.1 Spinal infections 1.1.1 History Infection of the spine is a disease with a long, well-documented history. Excavations of human skeletons from an archaeological site from the Iron Age showed likely cases of individual spinal infection (Tayles & Buckley, 2004). Tuberculosis of the spine is often described as Pott’s disease; the pattern of the disease was reported by Percivall Pott in the year...